Godfrey

German

"God's peace"

Updated Wed Apr 09 2025

Godfrey Origin and Meaning

The name Godfrey is a boy's name of German origin meaning "God's peace".

Godfrey was very popular in the Middle Ages, but today you're more likely to hear it as a surname than a first name. It has a solid, old-man charm, but a couple of possible deal-breakers: the first syllable being God, and no obvious nickname. Goff, maybe? For a different feel, we also like the Italian artist's version Giotto.

# 928 in the US

Godfrey Rank in US Top 1000

# 2531 on Nameberry

Godfrey Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Godfrey

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Famous People Named Godfrey

Godfrey Kneller
1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller), German,English painter
Godfrey of Bouillon
Frankish Crusader
Godfrey I
III, Counts of Louvain
Godfrey I
IV, Dukes of Lower Lorraine
Godfrey I
Count of Verdun
Godfrey Chitalu
Zambian footballer
Godfrey William Bloom
British MEP
(Thomas) Godfrey Evans
English cricketer
Godfrey Akwasi Poku
British footballer
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena
South African Olympic athlete
Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge
American comedian
Godfrey Mangwiza
runner up of Big Brother Canada 3
Godfrey Martin Huggins
1st Viscount Malvern, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia
Godfrey Reggio
American documentary filmmaker
Godfrey Gao (born Tsao Chih
Hsiang), Taiwanese,born Canadian actor and model
Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield
English electrical engineer and Nobel Prize winner

The name Godfrey in Pop Culture

Godfrey "Smith" Parke
main character in movie "My Man Godfrey"

International Variations of the name Godfrey

Giotto
Italian
Godefroi
French
Gofraidh
Irish Gaelic
Goffredo
Italian
Godfried
Dutch
Gottfried
German
Godofredo
Italian