Godfryd
From the Germanic *Gott* and *fridu*, the name reads almost literally as "god's peace," a sense that sat in its roots from the earliest forms. In Poland it stays rare: most Poles have never met a Godfryd, so one on a class register stands out among the Jakubs and Antonis.
Godfryd Pronunciation
Godfryd is pronounced GOTF-riht (/ˈgɔtfrɨt/).
What Godfryd means
Where Godfryd comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Godfryd comes from Germanic roots, from Gott, meaning god, and fridu, meaning peace. The name reads almost literally as god's peace. That reading is old. Later ages did not invent it. The two parts sat together in the earliest forms and stayed there.
History gives the name a famous bearer. Godfryd z Bouillon led the First Crusade and took Jerusalem in 1099. He declined the crown there and chose a humbler title. Centuries after him the philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz turns up in Polish sources as Godfryd Wilhelm Leibniz, the same two roots under a different spelling.
In Poland the name stays rare. A Godfryd on a class register stands out among the Jakubs and Antonis. The Polish sense holds it steady: pod boską opieką, under divine protection. It is a short promise packed into two syllables, God and fryd, god's peace.
When Godfryd celebrates name day
Godfryd appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 8 November.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Godfryd
1 in 5336547 men in Poland is named Godfryd. 4 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #30053 among male names.
Godfryd as a middle name
Godfryd is a first name for 4 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 40/60 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4250th, between Gilad (6) and Gracian (6).
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#4248 Gerwin6
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#4249 Gilad6
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#4250 Godfryd6
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#4251 Gracian6
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#4252 Grayson6