Given name & surname
Goffredo
“God is peace”
Goffredo is a variant of Godfrey. One German interpretation is “God is peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Goffredo is a variant of Godfrey. One German interpretation is “God is peace.”
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Where it comes from
Goffredo is a variant of Godfrey. An origin associated with Godfrey is German.
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The story
Goffredo is a variant of Godfrey. The history of Godfrey gives this family its wider story. Godfrey was in use during the Middle Ages.
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Goffredo’s family of names
Goffredo shares a linguistic root with Geoffrey. Goffredo has a related form in Godfrey. In Italian usage, Goffredo has a conventional equivalent in the German form Geoffrey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Goffredo has relatives in 5 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Goffredo
- Goffredo Mamelipoet, patriot and writer from Italy1827–1849
- Goffredo PetrassiItalian composer (1904–2003)
- Goffredo PariseItalian writer and journalist (1929–1986)
- Goffredo AlessandriniItalian filmwriter and film director (1904–1978)
- Goffredo Malaterra11th-century monk and historian1100–1100
- Godfrey of AmiensFrench Roman Catholic abbot, bishop of Amiens and saint1066–1115
- Geoffrey, Count of EuNorman noble962–1010
- Gottfried WalsGerman baroque painter (1595-1638)
- Gauzfrid of MaineFrench noble850–878
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