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/Gofhraidh was sometimes also used for ' (partially Anglicized as Godred, Guthred, or Guthfrith, Latinised as ').
' can be Anglicised as Godfrey, Geoffrey or Caffrey.
The lenited variant spelling (or ', with a diacritic in the older Irish orthography, especially in Gaelic type), was influenced by the Old French '.
and, less commonly, ' are equivalents in the Scottish Gaelic language (from ').
Notable people bearing this name
- Godred Crovan (died 1095), also known as "Gofraid", "Gofraidh", and "Gofhraidh", King of Dublin and the Isles
- Godred Olafsson (died 1187), also known as "Gofraid", King of Dublin and the Isles
- Gofraid Donn (died 1231), King in the Isles
- Gofraidh Fionn àDálaigh, (died 1387), an Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland
- Gofraid mac AmlaÃÂb meic Ragnaill (died 1075), King of Dublin
- Gofraid mac Arailt (died 989), King of the Isles
- Gofraidh mac Briain Mac an Bhaird, (fl. 16th century), an Irish bardic poet
- Gofraid mac Domnaill (died 1212/1213), Scottish rebel
- Gofraid mac Fergusa, supposed 9th-century Gaelic nobleman
- Gofraid mac Sitriuc (died 951), King of Dublin
- Gofraid mac Sitriuc (died 1070), King of the Isles, father of Fingal mac Gofraid
- Gofraid of Lochlann, 9th-century Viking king
- Gofraid ua ÃÂmair (died 934), King of Dublin and Northumbria
- Goraidh Mac Eachann MacAlasdair (fl. 16th century), chief of Clan MacAlister
- Guðrøðr Magnússon (fl. 1275), son of Magnús ÃÂláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles
See also
- Galfrid
- Geoffrey, Geoffroy (surname), Jeffrey, Jeffries, Jeffers
- Godred/Guðrøðr
- Gottfried, Godfrey, Godefroy, Goffredo
- Gruffudd/Gruffydd, Griffith (name), Griffith (surname), Griffiths
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