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Godfrey

in Virginia

There are 762 people with the last name "Godfrey" in Virginia.

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Godfrey 1,051
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  1. is 1,047th most common Jewell
  2. is 1,048th most common Musick
  3. is 1,049th most common Neff
  4. is 1,050th most common Santiago
  5. is 1,051st most common Godfrey
  6. is 1,052nd most common Link
  7. is 1,053rd most common Wooten
  8. is 1,054th most common Byers
  9. is 1,055th most common Boothe

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

John, David, James, Michael, Thomas, Mary, Deborah, Robert, William, Anthony

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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