Godfrey

German

"God's peace"

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.

Godfrey Rank in US Top 1000

# 928 in the US

Godfrey Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 2062 on Nameberry

Godfrey Popularity

• 986 Nameberry 2023

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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

Godfrey in Pop Culture

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