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Godfrey

in New York

There are 1,053 people with the last name "Godfrey" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Godfrey 1,435
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  1. is 1,431st most common Guido
  2. is 1,432nd most common Keith
  3. is 1,433rd most common Rubino
  4. is 1,434th most common Gluck
  5. is 1,435th most common Godfrey
  6. is 1,436th most common Aldrich
  7. is 1,437th most common Clayton
  8. is 1,438th most common Garvey
  9. is 1,439th most common Niles

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

John, James, Robert, Daniel, Mary, Thomas, William, David, Richard, Charles

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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