Gottfried

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Gottfried is an old German male name, its meaning is God's protection or "divine peace". As such it corresponds to the Hebrew Old Testament name Solomon as well as the Muslim Suleiman . A German short form of the name is Götz , a modification of Göpfert . Gottfried is also a somewhat outdated synonym for jacket, uniform skirt, frock coat.

Name days

Name days of the saint named Gottfried are

Foreign language equivalents

Its non-German language versions are for example:

In the Slavic languages, the same name was formed by combining boh / bog (God) and mir (peace):

Well-known namesake

Ruler

Arnsberg

Eppstein

Joinville

Goat grove

Gottfried was one of the key names of the Dukes of Lorraine and the Counts of Anjou .

Lorraine

Anjou

Brittany

Spiritual dignitaries

Further bearers of the first name

Middle Ages (also Latinized as Godefridus )

Modern times

Middle name

family name

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ But now you have a little cup of warm beer with me and take off your Gottfried just like me; It's damn warm in this house when the sun is shining outside and the warm beer inside. from Karl May: Die Liebe des Ulanen, page 129, first edition in "Deutscher Wanderer", 1883 - 1885, Verlag Münchmeyer, Dresden, here online .
  2. ^ Website of the museum Gottfried / Godefroid von / de Bouillon [1]