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Godfrey

in Louisiana

There are 399 people with the last name "Godfrey" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

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Godfrey 1,375
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  1. is 1,371st most common Free
  2. is 1,372nd most common Pritchard
  3. is 1,373rd most common Schwartz
  4. is 1,374th most common Stinson
  5. is 1,375th most common Godfrey
  6. is 1,376th most common Gatlin
  7. is 1,377th most common Lalonde
  8. is 1,378th most common Mcleod
  9. is 1,379th most common Barbier

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

John, Patricia, James, Mary, Charles, Deidra, Donald, Elizabeth, Hilda, Jarrell

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Meaning & History

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

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

3. 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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