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Godfrey

in New Jersey

There are 578 people with the last name "Godfrey" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Godfrey 1,273
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  1. is 1,269th most common Viola
  2. is 1,270th most common Harding
  3. is 1,271st most common Howe
  4. is 1,272nd most common Sylvester
  5. is 1,273rd most common Godfrey
  6. is 1,274th most common Pitts
  7. is 1,275th most common Copeland
  8. is 1,276th most common Flaherty
  9. is 1,277th most common Grady

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

William, John, Robert, Susan, James, Michael, Mary, Barbara, Brian, Dorothy

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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