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Godfrey

in West Virginia

There are 286 people with the last name "Godfrey" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Godfrey 845
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  1. is 841st most common Heater
  2. is 842nd most common Mcgee
  3. is 843rd most common Carder
  4. is 844th most common Dodson
  5. is 845th most common Godfrey
  6. is 846th most common Vaughn
  7. is 847th most common Hayhurst
  8. is 848th most common Bright
  9. is 849th most common Grubb

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

Donald, Dana, James, John, Kimberly, Mary, William, Amy

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Meaning & History

1. English: from the Norman personal name Godefrei, Godefroi(s), composed of the Germanic elements god, got ‘god’ + frid(u), fred ‘peace’. See also Jeffrey.

2. Americanized form of Irish Mac Gothraidh or Ó Gothraidh, patronymics from the Irish equivalent of Godfrey (see 1 above), borrowed from the Vikings.

3. 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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