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Godfrey

in Kansas

There are 263 people with the last name "Godfrey" in Kansas.

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Ranking in Kansas

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Godfrey 1,063
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  1. is 1,059th most common Root
  2. is 1,060th most common Sellers
  3. is 1,061st most common Stegman
  4. is 1,062nd most common Cummins
  5. is 1,063rd most common Godfrey
  6. is 1,064th most common Randolph
  7. is 1,065th most common Rojas
  8. is 1,066th most common Denney
  9. is 1,067th most common Coon

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

John, Mary, James, Darold, Jennifer, Michael, Richard, Stephen, Wayne, Donald

Meaning & History

English: from the Norman personal name Godefrei, Godefroi(s), composed of the Germanic elements god, got ‘god’ + frid(u), fred ‘peace’. See also Jeffrey.

Americanized form of Irish Mac Gothraidh or Ó Gothraidh, patronymics from the Irish equivalent of Godfrey (see 1 above), borrowed from the Vikings.

Americanized form of the French surname Godefroi, of the same origin as 1.

FOREBEARS An Irish family of the name Godfrey originated in Romney, Kent. The first of them to settle in Ireland was Colonel John Godfrey, who was rewarded with lands in Kerry for his services in the 1641 rebellion. Godefroy, Lord of Normanville, from Normandy, was married in Trois Rivières, Quebec, in 1636. He was captured by the Iroquois in 1652. His brother, Lord of Linctot, from Rouen, was also married in 1636 in Trois Rivières, and lived from 1629 to 1632 among the Hurons. Another Godefroy, from Paris, was a trader and interpreter from 1623.

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