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Guðfríður

Proto-Germanic roots

Language context for this entry: Icelandic

masculinefeminineLatin script

[ˈkvʏð.friːðʏr] · Icelandic

Origin: Proto-Germanic
1 language context: Icelandic
Follow the evidence: 3 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Guðfríður

Guðfríður is a unisex given name documented in Icelandic. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Germanic via Old Norse.

Proto-Germanic origin

Source-reported

Inherited from Old Norse Guðfríðr, from Proto-Germanic *gudą + Proto-Germanic *frīdaz. Related to English Gorrie, English Jeffrey English Godfrey, German Godafride, Latin Godefridus and Irish McGorry.

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Wiktionary: GuðfríðurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GuðfríðurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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06 / Behind the facts

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Wikidata Q21061278CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GuðfríðurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GuðfríðurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Guðfríður

Guðfríður is a unisex given name documented in Icelandic. English Wiktionary traces it to Proto-Germanic via Old Norse.

Proto-Germanic origin

Source-reported

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Old Norse
Proto-Germanic

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Proto-language forms marked with an asterisk in the source are reconstructions, rather than dated records of a person using the name.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: GuðfríðurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GuðfríðurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

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Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-16.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms3

Wikidata Q21061278CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GuðfríðurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: GuðfríðurCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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