Gottfried


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- and Frith.
The German name was commonly hypocoristically abbreviated as Götz from the late medieval period.
Götz and variants also came into use as German surnames. Gottfried is a common Jewish surname as well.

Given name

The given name Gottfried became extremely frequent in Germany in the High Middle Ages, to the point of eclipsing most other names in God-
The name was Latinised as Godefridus.
Medieval bearers of the name include:
A notable early modern bearer of the name is Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz.
Gottfried remains comparatively popular in Germany, ranking in the top 200 masculine given names.

Surname