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Godfrey

in Maryland

There are 376 people with the last name "Godfrey" in Maryland.

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Godfrey 1,445
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  1. is 1,441st most common Piper
  2. is 1,442nd most common Ruark
  3. is 1,443rd most common Travis
  4. is 1,444th most common Ensor
  5. is 1,445th most common Godfrey
  6. is 1,446th most common Medley
  7. is 1,447th most common Sheehan
  8. is 1,448th most common Brandon
  9. is 1,449th most common Conaway

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

John, Linda, George, Mary, Robert, Thomas, William, Edward, Joseph

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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