12-419: (Redirected from Geoffroy ) Geoffrey , Geoffroy , Geoff , etc., may refer to: People [ edit ] Geoffrey (given name) , including a list of people with the name Geoffroy (surname) , including a list of people with the name Geoffroy (musician) (born 1987), Canadian singer and songwriter Fictional characters [ edit ] Geoffrey
24-481: A meaning of "peace, protection". The first element god- is conflated from two, or possibly three, distinct roots, ie got and possibly *gaut , in origin a tribal name ( Geats , Goths ) or a theonym (a byname of Wotan ). Albert Dauzat (1951, rev. ed. 1980) followed by others, argued that the Middle French name Geoffrey in fact retains a distinction between two Germanic names which became conflated in
36-486: Is also a patronymic version of the given name. The Old French form of the name was Geoffrei [dʒɔfrej] , which developed into West Middle French Geoffrey and East Middle French Geoffroy . Latinised forms include Jotfredus , Jozsfredus , Josfredus (10th century) and Jof[f]redus , Jofridus , Jaufredus , Geffredus (11th century). The original spelling with Jo- was modified in Geo- . The graphic e after G
48-751: 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 . Gofraid corresponds to the Old Norse Guðfriðr , cognate with Gottfried or Godfredus , and Galfrid or Galfridus . Gofraid / Gofhraidh was sometimes also used for Guðrøðr (partially Anglicized as Godred, Guthred, or Guthfrith, Latinised as Godredus ). Gofraid can be Anglicised as Godfrey or Geoffrey . The lenited variant spelling Gofraidh (or Gofraiḋ , with
60-586: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Geoffrey (given name) Geoffrey is an English and German masculine given name. It is generally considered the Anglo-Norman form of the Germanic compound *gudą 'god' and *friþuz 'peace'. It is a derivative of Dutch Godfried , German Gottfried and Old English Gotfrith and Godfrith . Alexander Macbain considered it as being found in
72-532: Is used in French to avoid the pronunciation [ɡo] , but [ʒɔ] instead. The spelling Geo- is probably due to the influence of the first name Georges , derived from Old French Jorre , Joire . The Old Frankish name Godefrid itself is from the Germanic elements god- and frid- . The Middle Latin form is Godefridus (whence also Godfrey ). The second element is widely used in Germanic names , and has
84-604: The Gaelic and Welsh forms; potentially before or contemporary to the Anglo-Saxon, with the examples of Goraidh , Middle Gaelic Gofraig (1467 MS.), Godfrey (do.), Irish Gofraidh (F.M.), Middle Irish Gothfrith , Gofraig (Tigernach, 989), Early Irish Gothfraid (Lib. Lein.), E. Welsh Gothrit (Ann. Camb.). Macbain suggested these Celtic forms of the name were closer related to the Anglo-Saxon Godefrid than
96-842: The Giraffe , the Toys "R" Us mascot Geoff Peterson , an animatronic robot sidekick on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Geoff, a character from the cartoon series Total Drama Geoff, Mark Corrigon's romantic rival on Peep Show Other uses [ edit ] Geoff (Greyhawk) , a fictional land in the World of Greyhawk Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting See also [ edit ] Galfrid Geof Gofraid /Goraidh Godfrey (name) Gottfried Godefroy (disambiguation) Goffredo Jeffery (name) Jeffrey (name) Jeffries Jeffreys Jeffers Jeoffry (cat) Jeff Topics referred to by
108-745: The Middle Ages. According to this argument, Godfrey continues *goda-friþu- , while Geoffroy continues *gaut-friþu- . If a strictly phonetic development is assumed, Geoffrey cannot be derived from Godfrid , as *go- would result in Old French go- [ɡɔ] and not geo- ( jo- , [dʒɔ] ), ie goda-fridu would yield Godefroy [ɡodfrwa] but not Geoffroy . On the other hand, *gau- [ɡaw] would regularly result in jo- ( geo- [dʒɔ] ), i.e *gaut-fridu- would regularly result in Geoffroy [dʒɔf:rwa] . Alternative suggestions which would derive
120-659: The Norse Goðröðr , Gudrød or Góröðr ; however he does not elaborate further on the origin or relation. The form as 'Geoffrey' was probably introduced to Norman England . It was also Anglicised as Jeffrey later. Popularity of the name declined after the medieval period, but it was revived in modern England and the British Empire at large. Modern hypocorisms include Geoff or Jeff . Jeffrey and its variants are found as surnames, usually ending in -s (e.g. Jefferies , Jaffrays ); The surname Jefferson
132-480: The first element from Germanic gisal- 'hostage', or w(e)alah 'Gallo-Roman; stranger' are also rejected by Dauzat as phonetically impossible: gi would have resulted in Old French [dʒi] (Modern French [ʒi] ), as in Gisalbert > Gilbert (ie *Gisalfrid > *Giffrey ), and *w(e)alh- would have resulted in *gaul- [ɡol] (ie *Wealhfrid > *Gaulfrey , *Gauffrey ). Gofraid Gofraid
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