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Godfrey

in the US

There are 24,304 people with the last name "Godfrey" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Godfrey 1,093
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  1. is 1,089th most common Galvan
  2. is 1,090th most common Noel
  3. is 1,091st most common Velazquez
  4. is 1,092nd most common Downing
  5. is 1,093rd most common Godfrey
  6. is 1,094th most common Arthur
  7. is 1,095th most common Talley
  8. is 1,096th most common Kirkland
  9. is 1,097th most common Mayfield

Most Common First Names for Godfrey

James, John, Robert, William, Michael, David, Mary, Richard, Thomas, 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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