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Godfrey

in South Carolina

There are 1,104 people with the last name "Godfrey" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Godfrey 458
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  1. is 454th most common Burke
  2. is 455th most common Cohen
  3. is 456th most common Rowe
  4. is 457th most common English
  5. is 458th most common Godfrey
  6. is 459th most common Summers
  7. is 460th most common Wagner
  8. is 461st most common Joyner
  9. is 462nd most common Holcombe

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

James, Robert, William, John, Thomas, Mary, Sharon, Carolyn, Christopher, Linda

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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