Godfrey (name)
Godfrey is a given name and an English surname. The given name is derived from the Old French Godefroy, a name composed of the elements: the first being either God or gōd ; the second being fred. 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.
Given name
Medieval
- Godfrey of Amiens, bishop of Amiens
- Godfrey of Bath, bishop of Bath
- Godfrey of Bouillon, leader of the First Crusade, first king of Jerusalem
- Godfrey of Brabant, Belgian noble
- Godfrey of Cambrai, prior and poet
- Godfrey of Chichester, bishop of Chichester
- Godfrey of Esch, Lord of Esch and crusader
- Godfrey of Fontaines, scholastic philosopher and theologian
- Godfrey (patriarch of Aquileia)
- Godfrey of Saint Victor, French monk and theologian
- Godfrey of Viterbo, Roman Catholic chronicler
- Godred Crovan, King of Dublin and the Isles
- Gofraid mac Amlaíb meic Ragnaill, King of Dublin
- Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht
- Godfrey of Saint-Omer, knight
Modern
- Godfrey, stage name of Godfrey Danchimah
- Godfrey Agnew, British civil servant
- Godfrey Argent, English photographer
- Godfrey Ashby, British Anglican bishop, theologian and academic
- Godfrey Baldacchino, Maltese-Canadian social scientist
- Godfrey Cambridge, American comedian
- Godfrey Darbishire, English-born Welsh rugby union forward
- Godfrey Evans, English cricketer
- Godfrey Farrugia, Maltese politician
- Godfrey Fuchs, German-Canadian soccer player
- Godfrey Gao, Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor
- Godfrey Douglas Giles, English painter
- Godfrey Goldsborough, English clergyman
- Godfrey G. Goodwin, American politician
- Godfrey Grayson, English film director
- Godfrey Ho, Hong Kong film director and screenwriter
- Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer
- Godfrey Huggins, Rhodesian politician and physician
- Godfrey Imhof, English racing driver
- Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki, Kenyan politician
- Godfrey Kiprotich, Kenyan distance runner
- Godfrey Kneller, English portrait painter
- Godfrey Lagden, British colonial administrator
- Godfrey Edward Madawala, Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician
- Godfrey McCulloch, Scottish politician and murderer
- Godfrey McHugh, United States Air Force general
- Godfrey Morse, German-American lawyer
- Godfrey Mwakikagile, Tanzanian scholar and author
- Godfrey O'Donnell, Northern Irish priest
- Godfrey Reggio, American director of experimental documentary films
- Godfrey A. Rockefeller, American aviator
- Godfrey Shawa, Malawian politician
- Godfrey Sperling, American journalist
- Godfrey Tearle, British actor.
- Godfrey Vigne, English cricketer and traveler
- Godfrey Walusimbi, Ugandan footballer
- Godfrey Zaunbrecher, American football player
- Godfrey Segwape, South African Safety Officer.
Fictional characters
- Godfrey Ablewhite, a character in the novel The Moonstone
- Godfrey, a character in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
- Godfrey, also known as Godric, a character in The Southern Vampire Mysteries novels by Charlaine Harris
- Gordon Godfrey, a supporting character and supervillain from DC Comics
- Godfrey, a character in the television series Taboo
- Godfrey, First Elden Lord, a character in the video game Elden Ring
- Godfrey Smith, the protagonist of 1936 screwball My Man Godfrey
Surname
- Albert Earl Godfrey, Canadian First World War flying ace
- Ambrose Godfrey, phosphorus manufacturer
- Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television broadcaster
- Ben Godfrey, English footballer
- Billie Godfrey, English singer
- Bob Godfrey, English animator
- Bob Godfrey (footballer), Scottish footballer
- Brett Godfrey, Australian businessman
- Brian Godfrey, Welsh footballer
- Charles Godfrey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Daniel Strong Godfrey, American composer
- DeWitt Godfrey, an American modernist sculptor
- Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, magistrate murdered in 1678
- Edmund Godfrey-Faussett
- Edward Godfrey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fran Godfrey, former BBC Radio 2 newsreader
- Frank Godfrey, English World War I flying ace
- Frederick Race Godfrey, public figure and politician in Victoria, Australia
- George Godfrey, Canadian boxer and world 'colored' heavyweight champion
- * Feab S. Williams, American boxer and world 'colored' heavyweight champion
- Hannah Godfrey, English footballer
- Isidore Godfrey, conductor
- Jayne Godfrey, Australian emeritus professor of business and economics
- John Ray Godfrey, American basketball player
- Kathy Godfrey, American talk show host on radio and television
- Laurie Godfrey, American anthropologist
- Marjorie Godfrey, Indian politician
- Martyn Godfrey, English-Canadian author
- Nellie Godfrey, English suffragette
- Paul Godfrey, former president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays
- Percy Godfrey, English composer from Kent
- Percy Downing Godfrey, American football coach
- Rebecca Godfrey, Canadian novelist and nonfiction writer
- Richard Godfrey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robert Godfrey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robert John Godfrey, British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid
- Steve Godfrey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Thomas Godfrey, multiple people
- Tony Godfrey (footballer), English footballer
- Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey, American tapestry artist
- William Godfrey (disambiguation), multiple people
Godfrey family of musicians
- Charles Godfrey, British bandmaster and composer
- Daniel Eyers Godfrey, British conductor, son of bandmaster Daniel Godfrey
- Daniel Godfrey (bandmaster), British bandmaster and composer
- Fred Godfrey (bandmaster) British bandmaster and music arranger