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Godfrey

in Kentucky

There are 122 people with the last name "Godfrey" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

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Godfrey 3,508
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  1. is 3,504th most common Caddell
  2. is 3,505th most common Dillman
  3. is 3,506th most common Foote
  4. is 3,507th most common Fort
  5. is 3,508th most common Godfrey
  6. is 3,509th most common Goebel
  7. is 3,510th most common Goodson
  8. is 3,511th most common Gorham
  9. is 3,512th most common Hummel

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

James, John, Mary, Paul, Robert, Chris, Donnie, Edward, Elizabeth, Gerald

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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