Godfrey


Gender:
Origin: German
434 famous people named Godfrey found on Wikipedia.
3171 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 7738-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 566-th in year 1888
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name: from Germanic words meaning “god” and “peace.”.

Godfrey is a given name and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French Godefroy, a name composed of the elements: the first being either god ("god") or gōd ("good"); the second being fred ("peace"). The name was brought to England by settlers from Normandy, the Low Countries, and France. The name is rendered Goraidh, Goiridh in Scottish Gaelic. In some cases the surname is derived from the Middle English personal name Godfrey, Godefrey; or the Old French Godefrei, Godefroi, Godefrois; or the Continental Germanic Godefrid. In other cases, the surname is derived from the Irish Mac Gothraidh or Ó Gothraidh.

Masc. proper name, from Old French Godefrei (Modern French Godefroi), from Old High German Godafrid (German Gottfried), literally "the peace of God," from Old High German got "God" (see god) + fridu "peace" (see Frederick). In early 20c., the name sometimes was used as a slang euphemism for "God."

God's peace. Combine of god (god) and frid (peace).

Famous People: 434 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Godfrey Gao 1984 Actor and model
2 Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 Medieval Frankish knight
3 Arthur Godfrey 1903 American radio personality and television actor
4 Linsey Godfrey 1988 American actress
5 Godfrey 1969 American comedian
6 Godfrey Cambridge 1933 American stand-up comedian
7 Godfrey Bloom 1949 UK EU parliament member
8 Glorious Godfrey
9 Tommy Godfrey 1916 British actor
10 Godfrey Kneller 1646 Painter from Germany active in the United Kingdom
11 Godfrey Reggio 1940 Filmmaker
12 Godfrey Hounsfield 1919 English electrical engineer
13 Godfrey Rampling 1909 Athletics competitor
14 Patrick Godfrey 1933 British actor
15 Godfrey Chitalu 1947 Zambian footballer
16 Paul Godfrey 1939 Canadian politician and businessman
17 Ben Godfrey 1998 English footballer
18 Godfrey Ho 1948 Hong Kong film director
19 Godfrey Oboabona 1990 Nigerian footballer
20 Godfrey Tearle 1884 British actor
21 John Henry Godfrey 1888 Royal Navy admiral
22 Godfrey A. Rockefeller 1924 American aviator
23 Godfrey Herbert 1884 Royal Navy captain
24 Godfrey I, Count of Louvain 1063 Belgian noble
25 Gregg Godfrey 1969 American director and film director
26 Godfrey Quigley 1923 Irish actor
27 Edmund Berry Godfrey 1621 English magistrate
28 Godfrey Binaisa 1920 Ugandan President
29 Fran Godfrey 1953 British newsreader
30 Godfrey de Saint-Omer 1100 Knight templar
31 Renee Godfrey 1919 American actress and singer
32 Jem Godfrey 1971 British musician
33 Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine 0997 Duke of Lower Lorraine
34 Janet Godfrey American musician
35 Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine Belgian noble
36 Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller 1899 American financier
37 Godfrey Winn 1906 British journalist
38 Bob Godfrey 1921 British animator
39 Godfrey Evans 1920 Cricketer
40 Godfrey I, Count of Verdun French nobleman
41 Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki 1938 Kenyan politician
42 Alan Godfrey British ufologist
43 Edward Settle Godfrey 1843 United States Army officer and Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient
44 Randall Godfrey 1973 American football player
45 Robert John Godfrey 1947 British composer and pianist
46 Godfrey Chidyausiku 1947 Zimbabwean judge
47 Godfrey Higgins 1772 British archaeologist
48 Godfrey Weitzel 1835 Major general in the Union army during the American Civil War
49 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena 1985 Athletics competitor
50 Wyck Godfrey 2000 American film producer
51 George Godfrey 1897 American boxer
52 Peter Godfrey 1899 British actor and director
53 Godfrey Mwakikagile 1949 Tanzanian writer and scholar
54 Matthew Godfrey 1971 Canadian actor
55 Godfrey III, Count of Louvain 1142 Flemish noble
56 Godfrey Lowell Cabot 1861 American entrepreneur and philanthropist
57 Derek Godfrey 1924 English actor
58 Godfrey James 1931 British actor
59 Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern 1883 Rhodesian Prime Minister
60 Godfrey Poku 1990 Footballer
61 Robert Godfrey American minister
62 Ambrose Godfrey 1660 German-English chemist, inventor of the fire extinguisher
63 Godfrey I, Count of Namur 1068 Count of Château-Porcéan and Namur
64 Godfrey II, Count of Louvain 1109 Nobleman
65 Thomas Godfrey 1704 American optician and inventor
66 Godfrey of Fontaines 1300 Belgian theologian
67 Godfrey Giffard 1235 Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Worcester
68 Godfrey Rolles Driver 1892 Orientalist
69 Godfrey Myles 1968 American college football player, professional football player, linebacker, Super Bowl champion
70 Billie Godfrey 1978 British singer
71 Godfrey Baseley 1904 British radio executive
72 Chris Godfrey 1958 American football player
73 Godfrey McHugh 1911 United States general
74 Godfrey Miyanda 1944 Zambian politician
75 John Trevor Godfrey 1922 American flying ace
76 Godfrey Goodman 1582 British bishop
77 Brian Godfrey 1940 Footballer
78 Elliott Godfrey 1983 Canadian soccer player
79 Godfrey John Bewicke-Copley, 7th Baron Cromwell 1960 A British hereditary peer
80 Godfrey Brown 1915 Athletics competitor
81 Godfrey Walusimbi 1989 Ugandan footballer
82 Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar 1831 British politician
83 Godfrey Dewey 1887 American sports executive
84 Godfrey Sapula 1973 Association footballer
85 Godfrey Ngwenya 1950 South African general
86 Jeff Godfrey 1992 American football player
87 Josh Godfrey 1988 Canadian ice hockey defenceman
88 Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine Dutch noble
89 Isidore Godfrey 1900 British music conductor
90 Godfrey de Luci Bishop of Winchester
91 Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine 0965 Belgian noble
92 Godfrey Meynell 1904 Recipient of the Victoria Cross
93 Walter Godfrey 1881 English architect, antiquarian, and architectural and topographical historian
94 Godfrey of Amiens 1066 Bishop of Amiens
95 Godfrey Collins 1875 British politician
96 Godfrey Chevalier 1889 US Naval officer
97 Godfrey Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood 1864 British politician
98 Neale Godfrey 1951 American author
99 Graham Godfrey 1984 Baseball player
100 Dan Godfrey 1868 British conductor
101 Godfrey Cheshire III 1951 American film critic
102 Godfrey Elton, 1st Baron Elton 1892 British historian and Baron
103 Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller
104 Nolan Godfrey 1981 American lacrosse player
105 Godfrey Thoma 1957 Nauruan politician
106 Godfrey Ludham Archbishop of York
107 Godfrey of Viterbo 1125 Italian poet and historian
108 DeWitt Godfrey 1960 American artist
109 Godfrey Paine 1871 Royal Navy admiral
110 The Little Ghost Godfrey
111 Godfrey G. Goodwin 1873 Minnesota Representative
112 Dave Godfrey 1938 Canadian writer, publisher, software developer, educator
113 Godfrey Barnsley 1805 American businessman
114 Sir Godfrey Nicholson, 1st Baronet 1901 British politician
115 Fred Godfrey 1880 British World War II songwriter
116 Ernie Godfrey 1892 American football player and coach
117 Godfrey Hewitt 1940 British geneticist
118 Rebecca Godfrey Canadian writer
119 Godfrey Mgimwa 1981 Tanzanian Politician
120 Godfrey of Brabant 1250 Lord of Aarschot (1284–1302) and Lord of Vierzon (1277–1302)
121 Godfrey Lundberg 1879 Swedish artist
122 Godfrey Lienhardt 1921 British anthropologist
123 Godfrey Lushington 1832 British cicil servant
124 Godfrey Kirumira
125 Alexander Godfrey 1756 18th-century British privateer
126 Godfrey Davies 1892 British historian
127 Brett Godfrey
128 Godfrey Thomson 1881 British psychologist
129 Godfrey Barker 1945 British journalist and writer
130 Godfrey Blow 1948 Australian artist
131 Martyn Godfrey 1949 British author of children's fantasy and science fiction books
132 Richard Godfrey 1949
133 Godfrey Kangwa Zambian footballer
134 Godfrey Douglas Giles 1857 British artist
135 Godfrey Matheson 1881 Canadian ice hockey coach
136 Godfrey Louis Indian physicist
137 Godfrey Brinley 1864 American tennis player
138 Godfrey Bowen 1922 New Zealand sheep shearer
139 Godfrey McCulloch Scottish politician
140 Godfrey de Foljambe 1317 English politician
141 Larry Godfrey 1976 British archer
142 Godfrey Ingram 1959 English footballer
143 Simon Godfrey 1980 Australian rules footballer
144 Godfrey Locker-Lampson 1875 British politician
145 Godfrey Macdonald, 3rd Baron Macdonald of Slate 1775 British general
146 Godfrey Sykes 1824 English designer and painter
147 Godfrey Kalimugogo 1943 Ugandan novelist
148 Benjamin Godfrey American merchant
149 Godfrey Tanner 1927 Australian academic
150 Glenys Godfrey 1949 Australian politician
151 Godfrey Farrugia Maltese politician
152 Godfrey Weston Zambi 1962 Tanzanian politician
153 Godfrey Haggard 1884 British diplomat
154 Godfrey Baldacchino 1960
155 Godfrey Irving 1867 Australian general
156 Hayden Godfrey 1978 New Zealand racing cyclist
157 Godfrey Ridout 1918 Canadian musician
158 Godfrey Henschen 1601 Jesuit hagiographer
159 Charles Godfrey 1917 Canadian politician
160 Godfrey Wilson 1908 British anthropologist
161 Godfrey Stephens 1939 Canadian artist
162 William Godfrey 1948 Anglican Bishop of Peru and Uruguay
163 Roy Godfrey 1989 South African rugby player
164 Godfrey Siamusiye 1972 Zambian distance runner
165 Godfrey Vigne 1801 Cricketer
166 Nigel Godfrey 1951 Anglican dean
167 Tim Godfrey 1957
168 Godfrey Isaacs 1867 British businessman
169 Godfrey Edward Arnold 1914 Professor of medicine, otolaryngologist
170 Godfrey Stafford 1920 British physicist
171 John Godfrey Irish composer and performer
172 Godfrey Ince 1891 British civil servant
173 Godfrey Nash British motorcycle racer
174 Godfrey of St Victor 1125 French theologian
175 Godfrey Faussett 1781 English priest
176 Godfrey Howitt 1800 British entomologist
177 Godfrey of Bath Bishop of Bath
178 Ruth Godfrey American poker player
179 Godfrey Ashby 1930 Assistant Bishop of Leicester; Bishop of Saint John's
180 Joline Godfrey 1950 American businessman
181 Godfrey Thring 1823 British hymnwriter
182 Matt Godfrey 1991 British fisherman
183 Godfrey of Chichester Bishop of Chichester
184 Albert Earl Godfrey 1890 Canadian flying ace
185 Warren Godfrey 1931 Canadian ice hockey player
186 Bradon Godfrey 1985 American football player
187 Godfrey Timmins 1927 Irish politician
188 Joseph Godfrey 1835 Escaped slave
189 Godfrey of Winchester English satirical poet
190 Joby Godfrey 1894 English footballer
191 Godfrey Talbot 1908 Journalist, war reporter and royal correspondent
192 Godfrey Ellis 1982 Canadian football player
193 Godfrey Zaunbrecher 1946
194 Godfrey Gumbs Guyanese scientist
195 W. G. Godfrey 1941 Canadian historian specializing in the history of the Maritime Provinces.
196 Godfrey Way Mitchell 1891 British engineer
197 Godfrey Downes Carter 1830 Australian politician and businessman
198 Godfrey Grayson 1913 British film director
199 Henry Ronald Godfrey 1886 British automotive designer, inventor, builder; founder of HRG Engineering Ltd
200 Godfrey Darbishire 1853 English rugby union player