GODFREY

(origin: Ger.) God's peace, godlike peace, from God and frid or frede, peace, or from Gau-fred, joyful peace.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

GODFREY. GODFREE. An ancient Teutonic personal name — the same as Geoffrey. The form Goisfridus is very common in Domesd. The Godfreys of Brook-Street House, Kent, are supposed to be descended from Godfrey le Faucouer.lord of the manor of Hurst in that county, in the reign of Henry II. B.L.G.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.