Godefroy is a surname of Old French origin, and originally a given name, cognate with
Geoffrey/Geoffroy/
Jeffrey/Jeffries,
Godfrey,
Gottfried
Gottfried is a masculine German given name.
It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century, and composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for "God" and "good", and possibly further conflated with ) and ("pe ...
, etc.
Godefroy or Godefroi may refer to:
People
Given name
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Godefroi, Count of Durbuy (d. before 1124), son of Henry I
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Godefroi, Count of Montaigu (died 1161), Count of Clermont, Count of Duras
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Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades (1607–1686), French diplomat and marshal
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Godefroi, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1823–1871), French politician
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Godefroy de Blonay (1869–1937), a member of the International Olympic Committee and one of the founders and first president of the Swiss Olympic Association
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Godefroy Calès (1799–1868), French physician and politician
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Éléonore-Louis Godefroi Cavaignac (1801–1845), French politician and journalist
* Godefroy
de Forçant (died 1809), French Navy officer and adventurer
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Godefroy Durand (1832–1896), German-born French illustrator and draughtsman
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Godefroy Engelmann (1788–1839), Franco-German lithographer and chromolithographer
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Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1636–1721)
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Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (1728–1792), Duke of Bouillon
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Godefroy Vujicic (born 1975), French classical cellist
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Godefroy Wendelin (1580–1667), astronomer from the County of Loon (now in Belgium)
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Godefroy Zumoffen (1848–1928), French Jesuit archaeologist and geologist
Surname
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Andrew Godefroy (born 1972), Canadian strategic analyst and science and technology historian
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Charles Godefroy (1888–1958), French aviator noted for flying through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 1919
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Denis Godefroy (1549–1622), French jurist
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Eliza Anderson Godefroy (1779–1839), believed to be the first woman to edit a general-interest magazine in the United States, wife of Maximilian Godefroy
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Frédéric Godefroy (1826–1897), French author
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Hugh C. Godefroy, World War II flying ace with the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force - see
List of World War II flying aces
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Jean-Pierre Godefroy (born 1944), French politician
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Jocelyn Godefroi (1880–1969), British translator
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Maximilian Godefroy (1765–c. 1838), French-American architect
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Thibault Godefroy (born 1985), French bobsledder
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Godefroy family, a French noble family
Other
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Raymond de Gaufredi (died 1310), sometimes anglicized as Raymond Godefroy, Minister General of the Franciscan Order from 1289 to 1295
Places
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La Godefroy, a commune in the Manche department of France
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Godefroy, Les Cayes, Haiti, a village in the Les Cayes municipality
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Godefroy River, Quebec, Canada
See also
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Galfrid
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Geoffrey (given name)
Geoffrey is an English masculine given name. It is generally considered the Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman form of the Germanic Compound (linguistics), compound 'god' and 'peace'. It is a derivative of Dutch Godfried, German Gottfried and ...
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Geoffroy (surname)
Geoffroy is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
* Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy (1601–1675), French composer
* Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694), French harpsichordist and organist
* Étienne François Geoffroy (1672–1731), Fre ...
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Jeffrey,
Jeffries Jeffries is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adam Jeffries (born 1976), American actor
* Ben Jeffries (born 1980), Australian rugby league footballer
* Bill Jeffries (born 1945), former New Zealand politician
* Chad Jeffries ( ...
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Jeffers
Jeffers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alex Jeffers, American author
* Alexis Jeffers (born 1968), St. Kitts and Nevis politician
* Anne Burton Jeffers (1851 - 1946), American librarian
* Audrey Jeffers (1898–1968) ...
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Godfrey (name) Godfrey is a given name and an English surname. The given name is derived from the Old French ''Godefroy'', a name composed of the elements: the first being either ''God'' ("God") or ''gōd'' ("good"); the second being ''fred'' ("peace"). The name ...
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Gottfried
Gottfried is a masculine German given name.
It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century, and composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for "God" and "good", and possibly further conflated with ) and ("pe ...
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Goffredo
Goffredo is an Italian given name, cognate with Godfrey, Gottfried, Galfrid, etc. Notable people with the name include:
* Goffredo Alessandrini (1904–1978), Italian script writer and film director
* Goffredo Baur, Italian cross country skier who ...
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Godred/Guðrøðr
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Gofraid
is an Irish masculine given name, arising in the Old Irish and Middle Irish/ Middle Gaelic languages, as , and later partially Anglicised as Goffraid.
' corresponds to the Old Norse ', cognate with Gottfried or ', and Galfrid or '. ''Gofraid' ...
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