Godfrey

From Old French Godefrei, from Old High German Godafrid (“peace of God”), from got (“god”) + fridu (“peace”). See also Gottfried and Geoffrey.

Godfrey

1. A male given name.
2. A patronymic surname​.

• ~1611 William Rowley, A New Wonder, A Woman Never Vexed, Old English Plays, edited by C.W.Dilke 1815, Act III

  - - - my godfather by his bounty ( being an old soldier, and having serv'd in the wars as far as Bulloigne, therefore ) call'd my name Godfrey, a title of large renown; my wealth and wit has added to those, the paraphrase of knighthood; so that my name in the full longitude is called Sir Godfrey Speedwell, a name of good experience.