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Godfrey m. Old High German, Old Dutch got, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old English god 'god, deity' + Old High German fridu, Old Saxon frithu 'peace'.

Often confused with Geoffrey.

Austria
Latin
● 1074x1087 Gotfrid (nom) UrkStyria 77; c1075 Gotifrid (nom) ibid. 78; c1100 Gotefridus (nom) ibid. 92, Gotfrit (nom) ibid. 89; c1120 Gotfridus (nom) ibid. 104; c1128 Gotfrid (nom) ibid. 118a; 1237 Gothefridus (nom) hennes-vol1 96
Belgium
Latin
● 1212x1213 Godefridus (nom) OvdFB 2; 1238 Godefridum (acc) ibid. 3, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 3; 1256 Godefridus (nom) OHZI-II no. 13; 1266 Godefridus (nom) OvdFB 6
Middle Dutch
● 1336 Ghodevert (nom) RSG1336-39 p. 1, Godeverde (obl) ibid. p. 2
Dutch
● 1597x1598 Godefroid BoonenGes p. 324, Godefroidt ibid. p. 385, Goevaerd ibid. p. 371, Govaert ibid. p. 328
Old French
● 14thC Godefroys (nom) AnNam p. 143
Middle French
● 1351 Godeffroit AnNam p. 144
Brabant
Latin
● 1312 Godefridi (gen) JeanIII p. 41, Godefridum (acc) ibid. p. 17, Godefridus (nom) ibid. p. 6
Czech Republic
Latin
● 1379 Gotfridus (nom) LDFPUP1 p. 10; 1382 Gotfridus (nom) ibid. p. 11; 1404 Gotfridus (nom) ibid. p. 21
England
Latin
● 1155 Godefridus (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1; 1185x1186 Godefridus (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 16; 1189 Godefridi (gen) GASurv p. 234, Godefridum (acc) ibid. p. 174, Godefridus (nom) ibid. p. 77; c1198 Godefridus (nom) ibid. p. 245; 1222 Godefridi (gen) StPaulDom p. 53, Godefridus (nom) ibid. p. 3; 1299 Godefridus (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 2; 1321 Godefridi (gen) EL-2 p. 121, Godefridus (nom) ibid. p. 121; 1327 Godefrido (abl) SaxhamSf p. 111, Godfrido (abl) ibid. p. 111; 1340xc1450 Godefridus (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 9; 1341 Godefridus (nom) SaxhamSf p. 111; 1381 Godefridus (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 102; 1558 Godefridus (nom) Chst-1 p. 9, Godfridi (gen) ibid. p. 9; 1558/9 Godfridus (nom) ibid. p. 10; 1559 Godfridus (nom) ibid. p. 10; 1560 Godfridus (nom) ibid. p. 10; 1564 Godfridus (nom) ibid. p. 11; 1575 Godfridus (nom) ibid. p. 12
Anglo-French
● 1321 Godefray EL-2 p. 118
Dutch
● 1580 Govards (gen) AuFr Engelborcht; 1581 Govert ibid. Gast; 1582 Godefridus ibid. Engelborch, Gottfre ibid. Gast; 1583 Govards (gen) ibid. Engelborch; 1584 Govardt ibid. Gast; 1585 Godefroit ibid. Gast, Govart ibid. Engels; 1588 Godefroy ibid. Gast, Govaert ibid. Engelsch; 1590 Godefroy ibid. Engels, Govart ibid. Bracht; 1593 Govaert ibid. Bracht
Early Modern English
● 1530 Godfrey LIWill-III p. 54; 1542/3 Godffrey SIAcc 3
Middle French
● 1357 Godefrey SocAntNor-3-3 no. 20
Walloon
● 1583 Godefroy RWC p. 7
Estonia
Middle Low German
◑ 1364 Godeke BbRT p. 334; 1438 Ghodeke ibid. p. 361; 1440 Godeke ibid. p. 362; 1442 Goteke ibid. p. 365
France
Latin
● 780 Godofredus (nom) CartNoaille I; 937x993 Godaverti (gen) St-Barnard-Romans no. 80; 941x86 Godaverto (abl) ibid. no. 92; 941x986 Quodavertus (nom) ibid. no. 92; 957x991 Godaverto (abl) ibid. no. 81; 1030x1031 Godfredi (gen) CartNoyers I, Gozfredi (gen) ibid. I; 1031 Gotafredi (gen) St-Barnard-Romans no. 107, Gotafredus (nom) ibid. no. 107; 1032x1100 Godefridus (nom) LDS LXV; a1089x1101 Godefridus (nom) CartStPC XXXIX; 1108 Gotafredus (nom) St-Barnard-Romans no. 155; 1133 Godefridi (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XXX; 1138x62 Godefridus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 56; 1138x1148 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 21; 1143 Godefrido (abl) ibid. 10, Godofrido (abl) ibid. 10; 1143x1146 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 12; 1145 Godefridi (gen) ibid. 11; 1147 Godefridi (gen) ibid. 14, Godefrido (abl) ibid. 16, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 14; 1147x1153 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 26; 1147x1158 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 34; 1147x1161 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 38; 1147x1162 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 42; 1152x1156 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 31; 1154 Godefrido (abl) ibid. 28; 1155 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 30; 1159 Godefridi (gen) ibid. 36; 1162 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 39; a1163 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 97; 1163 Godefridi (gen) ibid. 99, Godefrido (abl) ibid. 104, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 95; 1164 Godaefridus (nom) ibid. 121; 1172 Godefridi (gen) ibid. 150; c1175–1180 Godefridi (gen) ChartCaen2 p. 70, Godefridus (nom) ibid. p. 68; 1206 Godefridus (nom) NDParisII 2-LXIX; 1378 Godefredus (nom) hanquetvol1 2382, Godefridi (gen) ibid. 916, Godefrido (dat) ibid. 238, Godefridum (acc) ibid. 1839, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 815, Godiffreti (gen) ibid. 1792, Gotfrido (dat) ibid. 200
◑ c823 Godinus (nom) irminon-vol2 10, Gaugiacum
Old French
● 1313 Godefroy Paris1313 p. 2
Middle French
● 1356 Godefroy SocAntNor-3-3 no. 15; 1418 Godefroy DdB1418 p. 203, HGParis p. 379; 1421 Godeffroy favier 154; 1423 Godefroy ibid. 62
Germany
Latin
● 822x875 Goddefrit (nom) TradCorb §5, Godfrido (abl) ibid. §107, Godufrith (nom) ibid. §79; 941 Gotefrid (nom) quix-vol1 11; 1042 Gotifredi (gen) UrkStyria 52, Gotifredo (dat) ibid. 52, Gotifret (nom) ibid. 52; 1045 Gotefridi (gen) ibid. 55; 1048 Gotefridi (gen) ibid. 56; 1086 Godefridi (gen) quix-vol1 61; 1112 Godefridi (gen) ibid. 26; 1114 Godefridi (gen) UrkStyria 100b, Gotfridi (gen) ibid. 99; 1136 Godefridi (gen) quix-vol1 80, Godefrido (abl) ibid. 80, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 98; 1138 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 28; 1142 Gotefrit (nom) mairhofer I; 1147 Godefridus (nom) quix-vol1 29; 1153 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 30; 1155x1190 Gotfridus (nom) ibid. 53; 1165 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 93; 1173 Godefridus (nom) UrkMeck1 no. II; 1174 Godefridus (nom) quix-vol1 32; 1180 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 34; 1185 Godefrido (abl) ibid. 36, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 37; 1194 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 54; 1208 Godefridus (nom) quix-vol2 124; 1211 Godefridus (nom) hennes-vol1 11, Gotefridus (nom) ibid. 11; 1214 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 15; 1216 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 22; 1218 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 30, Gotfridus (nom) ibid. 35; 1219 Godefridi (gen) quix-vol1 73, Godefrido (abl) hennes-vol1 37, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 40, Gotfridi (gen) ibid. 43; 1222 Godefridus (nom) quix-vol2 132; 1225 Godefridus (nom) hennes-vol1 67; 1229 Goddefrido (abl) ibid. 77, Godefridus (nom) UrkMeck1 no. XVI; 1238 Godefridus (nom) ibid. no. XXI; 1239 Godefridus (nom) ibid. no. XXIV; 1241 Ghodefridus (nom) ibid. no. XXX, Godefridus (nom) ibid. no. XXVIII; 1248 Godefridus (nom) ibid. no. XXXVI; 1251 Godefridus (nom) ibid. no. XL; 1252 Godefridus (nom) ibid. no. XLV; 1253 Godofredi (gen) CDL-1.1.1 XXIV; 1257 Godefridus (nom) UrkMeck1 no. L; 1259 Godefridus (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XXXI; 1260 Godefrido (abl) hennes-vol1 190; 1261 Godefridi (gen) UrkMeck1 no. LIII, Godefridus (nom) ibid. no. LIII, hennes-vol1 193; 1264 Godefrido (abl) ibid. 200; 1273 Godefridi (gen) ibid. 227, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 226; 1274 Godefridi (gen) ibid. 232, Godefrido (abl) ibid. 232; 1275 Godefridum (acc) ibid. 244, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 244; 1276 Godefrido (abl) ibid. 249; 1277 Godefrido (abl) ibid. 254, Gotfridus (nom) ibid. 256; 1281 Godefridi (gen) ibid. 279, Godefrido (abl) ibid. 279, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 279; 1282 Godefrido (abl) LDS 281, hennes-vol1 282; 1283 Godefridus (nom) UrkMeck1 no. LXXVIII; 1284 Godefridus (nom) hennes-vol1 297; 1286 Godefridus (nom) ibid. 302; 1289 Godefrido (dat) ibid. 316, Godefridus (nom) ibid. 316; 1289x1298 Godefridi (gen) UrkMeck1 no. XCIX; 1293 Godefridi (gen) hennes-vol1 326; 1295 Godefridi (gen) UrkMeck1 no. XCIII; 1303 Gotfridus (nom) BremUrk2 no. 26; 1310 Ghotfridi (gen) VFBStralsund 10; 1401 Gotfrido (dat) HD1401 no. 107
◑ 1180 Godinus (nom) quix-vol1 34; 1222 Godefridum (acc) quix-vol2 134; 1309 Godeko (nom) VFBStralsund 16; 1313 Godekini (gen) ibid. 31, Godekino (nom) ibid. 31, Godekinum (acc) ibid. 31, Godeko (nom) ibid. 31; 1323 Gotekinum (acc) ibid. 99; 1324 Godeke (nom) ibid. 85
Middle High German
● 1293 Gotfrid (nom) UrkWitt-II 189, Goͤtfrit (nom) UrkHeil1 53
Early New High German
● 1429 Gottfrid (nom) mairhofer DCCXXXII
Middle Low German
◑ 1304 Godeke (nom) BremUrk2 no. 38
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Godafridi (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 7, Godafridus (nom) ibid. III, p. 6
Italy
Latin
● 1113 Gotefridus (nom) CartNDJosaphat II; 1226 Gotfridus (nom) hennes-vol1 70; 1236 Gotefredi (gen) TirNot1 6, Gotefredus (nom) ibid. 8; 1237 Gotefredus (nom) ibid. 586; 1245 Godefridus (nom) hennes-vol1 120; 1265x1339 Codeferri (gen) BBC-Berg 425; 1376 Gotiffredo (abl) DouGen1 p. 23
Latvia
Latin
● 1290 Gotfrido (dat) RigSB 224; 1291 Gotfrido (dat) ibid. 637; 1295 Godfrido (dat) ibid. 765; 1296 Godfrido (dat) ibid. 382; 1302 Gotfrido (dat) ibid. 93
◑ 1291 Godekino (dat) RigSB 26; 1299 Godekino (dat) ibid. 365; 1300 Godike (dat) ibid. 404; 1301 Godekino (dat) ibid. 432; 1307 Godeken (dat) ibid. 945
The Netherlands
Latin
● 1268 Godefridi (gen) GesOIJ-1 p. 295; 1291 Godefridi (gen) ibid. p. 297; 1297 Godefridus (nom) ibid. p. 297; 1324 godefridus (nom) ibid. p. 299
Poland
Latin
● 1251 Gotfridus (nom) hennes-vol1 141
Spain
Latin
● 1019 Godafre (nom) CDCB-XV MMCLXXIV
Sweden
Early Modern Swedish
● 1585 Govert (nom) HGS p. 159
Switzerland
Latin
● 1297 Godofredus (nom) MHCG2 456
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Godfrey". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Godfrey.