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Gottfried is a masculine German given name.
It is derived from the Old High German name Godafrid, recorded since the 7th century, and composed of the elements god- (conflated from the etyma for "God" and "good", and possibly further conflated with gaut) and frid- ("peace" or "protection").
The German name was commonly hypocoristically abbreviated as Götz from the late medieval period.
Götz and variants (including Göthe, Göthke and Göpfert) also came into use as German surnames. Gottfried is also a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews.




Given name


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:

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 Alsace
A 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.




Surname


Gesche 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 lawyer




See also


All pages with titles beginning with Gottfried
All pages with titles containing Gottfried
Galfrid
Geoffrey, Geoffroy (surname), Jeffrey, Jeffries, Jeffers
Godred/Guðrøðr
Gofraid/Goraidh
Godfrey, Godefroy




References

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