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Godfrey
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English
Etymology
en ine-pro *preyH-
From en fro Godefrei, from en goh Godafrid peace of God, from en gem-pro *Gudafriþuz. Equivalent to en god frith. en Gottfried Geoffrey.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɑdfɹi/ GA
en /ˈɡɒdfɹi/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Godfrey.wav Southern England
en God frey
Proper noun
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en male Germanic languages.
en patronymics.
en 24 August 2017 Ben Godfrey: Shrewsbury Town sign Norwich City midfielder on loan until January https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41037247 BBC Sport League One side Shrewsbury Town have signed Norwich City central midfielder Ben Godfrey on loan until January. 2 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20171112074700/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41037247
A placename
en number of places c/USA:
en CDP co/Morgan County s/Georgia.
en village co/Madison County s/Illinois.
en unincorporated community co/Bourbon County s/Kansas.
en extinct town co/Stevens County s/Washington.
en unincorporated community and coal town in co/Mercer County s/West Virginia.
en community north of city/Kingston p/Ontario c/Canada.
Quotations
~1611 William Rowley, A New Wonder, A Woman Never Vexed, Old English Plays, edited by C.W.Dilke 1815, Act III
- - - my godfather by his bounty ( being an old soldier, and having serv'd in the wars as far as Bulloigne, therefore ) call'd my name Godfrey, a title of large renown; my wealth and wit has added to those, the paraphrase of knighthood; so that my name in the full longitude is called Sir Godfrey Speedwell, a name of good experience.
Translations
male given name
Armenian: hy Գոտֆրիդ, hy Գոդֆրուա French context
Middle Armenian: axm Կոնդոփրէ
Bengali: bn গডফ্রে
Catalan: ca Godofré, ca Jofré
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 葛孚雷 Gěfúléi
Danish: da Gotfred
Dutch: nl Godfried
Esperanto: eo Gotfredo
French: fr Godefroy
Galician: gl Godofredo
Georgian: ka გოტფრიდი, ka გოდფრი
German: de Gottfried
Greek: el Γοδεφρείδος
Hungarian: hu Gotfrid
Icelandic: is Guðfreður
Irish: ga Gofraidh
Italian: it Goffredo
Latin: la Godefridus m
Low German: nds Gootje
Manx: gv Gorree m
Polish: pl Godfryd
Portuguese: pt Godofredo
Russian: ru Готфрид
Scottish Gaelic: gd Goiridh, gd Goraidh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Готфрид
Latin: sh Godfrid
Sicilian: scn Giuffrè, scn Giuffridu
Spanish: es Godofredo
Swedish: sv Gottfrid