Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name Godafrid , recorded since the 7th century, and composed of the elements god- (conflated from the etyma for "God" and "good", and possibly further conflated with gaut ) and frid- ("peace" or "protection").
5-673: The German name was commonly hypocoristically abbreviated as Götz from the late medieval period. Götz and variants (including Göthe, Göthke and Göpfert ) also came into use as German surnames . Gottfried is also a common surname among Ashkenazi Jews . The given name Gottfried became extremely frequent in Germany in the High Middle Ages , to the point of eclipsing most other names in God- (such as Godabert, Gotahard, Godohelm, Godomar, Goduin , Gotrat, Godulf , etc.) The name
10-455: A diminutive, something that is smaller in a tender or affectionate sense; the root korízesthai originates in the Greek for 'to caress' or 'to treat with tokens of affection', and is related to the words κόρος ( kóros ) 'boy, youth' and κόρη ( kórē ) 'girl, young woman'. In linguistics , the term can be used more specifically to refer to the morphological process by which
15-413: Is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as Izzy for Isabel or Bob for Robert, or it may be unrelated. Etymologically, the term hypocorism is from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα ( hypokórisma ), from ὑποκορίζεσθαι ( hypokorízesthai ), meaning 'to call by endearing names'. The prefix hypo- refers in this case to creating
20-750: The standard form of the word is transformed into a form denoting affection , or to words resulting from this process. In English, a word is often clipped down to a closed monosyllable and then suffixed with -y / -ie (phonologically /- i / ). Sometimes the suffix -o is included as well as other forms or templates. Hypocoristics are often affective in meaning and are particularly common in Australian English , but can be used for various purposes in different semantic fields, including personal names, place names, and nouns. Hypocorisms are usually considered distinct from diminutives, but they can also overlap. This name-related article
25-544: Was Latinised as Godefridus . Medieval bearers of the name include: A notable early modern bearer of the name is Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646–1716). Gottfried remains comparatively popular in Germany, ranking in the top 200 masculine given names. Hypocorism A hypocorism ( / h aɪ ˈ p ɒ k ər ɪ z əm / hy- POK -ər-iz-əm or / ˌ h aɪ p ə ˈ k ɒr ɪ z əm / HY -pə- KORR -iz-əm ; from Ancient Greek ὑποκόρισμα hypokórisma ; sometimes also hypocoristic ), or pet name ,
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