Gofraid

Gofraid is an Irish masculine given name, arising in the Old Irish and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic languages, as Gofhraidh, and later partially Anglicised as Goffraid.^[1]

GenderMasculine

LanguageIrish

LanguageOld Norse

DerivationGuðfriðr, sometimes Guðrøðr

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Gofraid

The Gofraidh variant in Gaelic type (the lenited d in the name, today rendered dh, once appeared in Irish orthography with a dot above it, as pictured).
Gender	Masculine
Language	Irish
Origin
Language	Old Norse
Derivation	Guðfriðr, sometimes Guðrøðr
Other names
Variant forms	Irish: Gofraidh; Old Irish through Middle Irish and Middle Gaelic: Gofhraidh; modern Scottish Gaelic: Goraidh, Goiridh
Cognates	Gottfried, Godefroy, Godfredus; Godred, Guthred, Guthfrith Godredus
Anglicisations	Goffraid, Godfrey, Geoffrey

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Gofraid corresponds to the Old Norse Guðfriðr,^[2] cognate with Gottfried or Godfredus, and Galfrid or Galfridus. Gofraid/Gofhraidh was sometimes also used for Guðrøðr^[3] (partially Anglicized as Godred, Guthred, or Guthfrith, Latinised as Godredus).

Gofraid can be Anglicised as Godfrey,^[4] Geoffrey^[5] or Caffrey.

The lenited variant spelling Gofraidh (or Gofraiḋ, with a diacritic in the older Irish orthography, especially in Gaelic type), was influenced by the Old French Godefroy.

Goraidh and, less commonly, Goiridh are equivalents in the Scottish Gaelic language (from Guðrøðr).