Gottfried is a masculine German given name.
It is derived from the
Old High German name Godafrid, recorded since the 7th century.
The name is composed of the elements god- (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with gaut) and frid- ('peace, protection').[2]
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:
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