is an Irish masculine

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, arising in the

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and Middle Irish/ Middle Gaelic languages, as , and later partially

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as Goffraid. ' corresponds to the

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with

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 ...

or ', and Galfrid or '. ''Gofraid''/''Gofhraidh'' was sometimes also used for ' (partially Anglicized as Godred, Guthred, or Guthfrith, Latinised as '). ' can be

as Godfrey or Geoffrey. The lenited variant spelling (or ', with a

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in the older Irish orthography, especially in Gaelic type), was influenced by the

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'. 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 Ó Dálaigh, (died 1387), an Irish poet and Chief Ollam of Ireland * Gofraid mac Amlaíb 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 Ímair (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 Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles

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Notable people bearing this name

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