Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name Godafrid, recorded since the 7th century. The name is composed of the elements god- (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with gaut) and frid- ('peace, protection').[2]
The given name Gottfried became extremely frequent in Germany in the High Middle Ages, to the point of eclipsing most other names in God- (such as Godabert, Gotahard, Godohelm, Godomar, Goduin, Gotrat, Godulf, etc.) The name was Latinised as Godefridus. Medieval bearers of the name include:
^found to be at rank 135 with 11,738 entries in the German phonebook as of 2005 according to de:wikt:Verzeichnis:Deutsch/Liste der häufigsten männlichen Vornamen Deutschlands.
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October 17, 2023
gottfried, masculine, german, given, name, derived, from, high, german, name, godafrid, recorded, since, century, name, composed, elements, conflated, from, etyma, good, possibly, further, conflated, with, gaut, frid, peace, protection, pronunciationgerman, ˈɡ. Gottfried is a masculine German given name It is derived from the Old High German name Godafrid recorded since the 7th century The name is composed of the elements god conflated from the etyma for God and good and possibly further conflated with gaut and frid peace protection 2 GottfriedPronunciationGerman ˈɡɔtfʁiːt 1 GendermasculineThe German name was commonly hypocoristically abbreviated as Gotz from the late medieval period Gotz and variants including Gothe Gothke and Gopfert also came into use as German surnames Gottfried is a common Jewish surname as well Contents 1 Given name 2 Surname 3 See also 4 ReferencesGiven name EditThe given name Gottfried became extremely frequent in Germany in the High Middle Ages to the point of eclipsing most other names in God such as Godabert Gotahard Godohelm Godomar Goduin Gotrat Godulf etc The name was Latinised as Godefridus Medieval bearers of the name include Gotfrid Duke of Alemannia and Raetia d 709 Godefrid d c 720 son of Drogo of Champagne Frankish nobleman Godfrid Haraldsson d c 856 Danish Viking leader Godfrid Duke of Frisia d 885 Danish Viking leader Godfrey Count Palatine of Lotharingia d 949 Godfrey I Duke of Lower Lorraine d 964 Geoffrey I Greymantle Count of Anjou d 987 Geoffrey I Duke of Brittany d 1008 Godfrey II Duke of Lower Lorraine d 1023 Geoffrey II the Hammer Count of Anjou d 1060 Godfrey III Duke of Lower Lorraine d 1069 Godfrey of Bouillon Godefridus Bullionensis Godefroy de Bouillon d 1100 Frankish knight and leader of the First Crusade Gottfried II of Raabs d c 1137 burgrave of Nuremberg Gottfried of Admont d 1165 Benedictine abbot Geoffrey II Duke of Brittany d c 1181 Geoffrey of Clairvaux d after 1188 Cistercian abbot Godfrey of Viterbo Godefridus Viterbiensis c 1120 c 1196 Geoffrey of Vinsauf fl 1200 medieval grammarian Gottfried von Strassburg d 1210 author of a Middle High German courtly romance Geoffrey of Villehardouin d c 1212 knight and historian of the Fourth Crusade Gottfried von Hohenlohe 1265 1310 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Gottfried von Hagenau died 1313 poet theologian and medical doctor from AlsaceA notable early modern bearer of the name is Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz 1646 1716 Gottfried remains comparatively popular in Germany ranking in the top 200 masculine given names 3 Surname EditGesche Gottfried 1785 1831 German serial killer John Gottfried 1917 1980 Canadian politician Martha Joy Gottfried 1925 2014 American landscape painter Robert W Gottfried 1926 2007 American entrepreneur Martin Gottfried 1933 2014 American critic columnist and author Dan Gottfried 1939 Israeli jazz pianist and lawyer Paul Gottfried 1941 American political and philosophy professor Richard Gottfried 1947 American politician Brian Gottfried 1952 American tennis player Gilbert Gottfried 1955 2022 American comedian and actor Mark Gottfried 1964 American basketball coach Keith Gottfried 1966 American lawyerSee also EditAll pages with titles beginning with Gottfried All pages with titles containing Gottfried Galfrid Geoffrey Geoffroy surname Jeffrey Jeffries Jeffers Godred Gudrodr Gofraid Goraidh Godfrey GodefroyReferences Edit Wells John C 2008 Longman Pronunciation Dictionary 3rd ed Longman ISBN 9781405881180 Ernst Forstemann Altdeutsches Namenbuch 1856 533 found to be at rank 135 with 11 738 entries in the German phonebook as of 2005 according to de wikt Verzeichnis Deutsch Liste der haufigsten mannlichen Vornamen Deutschlands nbsp This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name If an internal link led you here you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gottfried amp oldid 1176253599, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
