Godfrey
German
"God's peace"
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Updated Wed Oct 01 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.
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- Names Similar to Godfrey
- Famous People Named Godfrey
- The name Godfrey in Pop Culture
- International Variations of the name Godfrey
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# 928 in the US
Godfrey Rank in US Top 1000
# 4518 on Nameberry
Godfrey Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Popularity of the name Godfrey
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20 Names Similar to Godfrey
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- Siegfried
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Famous People Named Godfrey
- Godfrey Kneller1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller), German,English painter
- Godfrey of BouillonFrankish Crusader
- Godfrey IIII, Counts of Louvain
- Godfrey IIV, Dukes of Lower Lorraine
- Godfrey ICount of Verdun
- Godfrey ChitaluZambian footballer
- Godfrey William BloomBritish MEP
- (Thomas) Godfrey EvansEnglish cricketer
- Godfrey Akwasi PokuBritish footballer
- Godfrey Khotso MokoenaSouth African Olympic athlete
- Godfrey MacArthur CambridgeAmerican comedian
- Godfrey Mangwizarunner up of Big Brother Canada 3
- Godfrey Martin Huggins1st Viscount Malvern, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia
- Godfrey ReggioAmerican documentary filmmaker
- Godfrey Gao (born Tsao ChihHsiang), Taiwanese,born Canadian actor and model
- Godfrey Newbold HounsfieldEnglish electrical engineer and Nobel Prize winner
The name Godfrey in Pop Culture
- Godfrey "Smith" Parkemain character in movie "My Man Godfrey"
International Variations of the name Godfrey
- GiottoItalian
- GodefroiFrench
- GofraidhIrish Gaelic
- GoffredoItalian
- GodfriedDutch
- GottfriedGerman
- GodofredoItalian