Godfred
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Godfred is a given name, most frequently recorded in Ghana. It appears chiefly in English and Swahili, written in the Latin script.
- GHGhana1 in 3.5K◐
- SESweden1 in 486K
- USUnited States1 in 1.1M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈383 ●
- Sources
- 106 ●
- 1 in 486K ◐
across 6 countries
8.2K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH Ghana | #106 | 4,827 | 3.5K rec. | — | — | Godfred | 74 |
| KE Kenya | — | 966 | 10 rec. | — | — | Godfred | 9 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 484 | 275 rec. | — | — | Godfred | 71 |
| US United States | — | 311 | 2.1K rec. | 1 in 1.1M | 311 | Godfred | 106 |
| NG Nigeria | — | 260 | 445 rec. | — | — | Godfred | 20 |
| UG Uganda | #166 | 129 | 2 rec. | — | — | Godfred | 5 |
| PH Philippines | — | 123 | 78 rec. | — | — | Godfred | 13 |
| ZA South Africa | — | 81 | 84 rec. | — | — | Godfred | 8 |
| AU Australia | — | 75 | 79 rec. | — | — | Godfred | 21 |
| IT Italy | — | 72 | 94 rec. | — | 1 | Godfred | 19 |
| DE Germany | — | 56 | 66 rec. | — | — | Godfred | 23 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | 47 | 60 rec. | — | — | Godfred | 6 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English6.6K55%
- Swahili3.1K26%
- Portuguese4384%
- Spanish3293%
- French1761%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 6,584 | 55% |
| Swahili | 3,140 | 26% |
| Portuguese | 438 | 4% |
| Spanish | 329 | 3% |
| French | 176 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Godfred Christensenb. 1845DKDanish artist (1845-1928)
- Godfred Hansenb. 1876DKDanish explorer (1876-1937)
- Godfred Hartmannb. 1913DKDanish autobiographer (1913-2001)
- Godfred Yeboahb. 1980GHGhanaian footballer
- Godfred Karikarib. 1985GHHong Kong footballer
- Godfred Donsahb. 1996GHGhanaian footballer
- Godfred Asiamahb. 1999GHGhanaian professional footballer
- Godfred T. Boyonb. 2000GHGhanaian politician
- Godfred AbbanGHGhanaian association football player
- Godfred DarkoZAresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 311 | #28,745 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 33 | #39,235 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 30 | #19,410 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 30 | #15,029 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 30 | #16,222 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 21 | #24,156 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025) | 2025 | 15 | #132 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 13 | #12,192 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 11 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 11 | #6,488 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 10 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 10 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 47 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Godfred?
- We estimate roughly 383 people bear Godfred (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
- In which country does Godfred have the most bearers?
- Godfred is most frequently recorded in Ghana, where it is most often spelled godfred.
- How common is Godfred compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Godfred is the 106th most common given name of 14,190 given names recorded there.
- Is Godfred a male or female name?
- Godfred is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Godfred” — the 106th most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.