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.
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(s) | Irish |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Norse |
| Derivation | Guðfriðr, sometimes Guðrøðr |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Irish: Gofraidh; Old Irish through Middle Irish and Middle Gaelic: Gofhraidh; modern Scottish Gaelic: Goraidh, Goiridh |
| Cognate(s) | Gottfried, Godefroy, Godfredus; Godred, Guthred, Guthfrith Godredus |
| Anglicisation(s) | Goffraid, Godfrey, Geoffrey |
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 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).
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