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Surname Etymology and Meaning of GODFREY

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

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).