Godfrey

in Maine

There are 138 people with the last name "Godfrey" in Maine.

Ranking in Maine

Name	Rank
Godfrey	1,495

is 1,491st most common Worthley
is 1,492nd most common Boutilier
is 1,493rd most common Deering
is 1,494th most common Dexter
is 1,495th most common Godfrey
is 1,496th most common Guy
is 1,497th most common Hillman
is 1,498th most common Lindsey
is 1,499th most common Manchester

Meaning & History

Godfrey

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.