Given name
Godfred
“God is peace”
Godfred is a variant of Godfrey. One German interpretation is “God is peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Godfred is a variant of Godfrey. One German interpretation is “God is peace.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Godfred is a variant of Godfrey. An origin associated with Godfrey is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Godfred is a variant of Godfrey. The history of Godfrey gives this family its wider story. Godfrey was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Godfred through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 311 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Godfred’s family of names
Godfred has a related form in Godfrey. In Danish usage, Godfred has a conventional equivalent in the German form Gottfried.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Godfred
- Godfred DonsahGhanaian footballerborn 1996
- Godfred KarikariHong Kong footballerborn 1985
- Godfred HansenDanish explorer (1876-1937)
- Godfred YeboahGhanaian footballer1980–2021
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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