Gofraid
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Gofraid is a masculine given name
in the Old Irish, and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic languages.
Gofraid corresponds to the Old Norse
Guðfriðr, and Guðrøðr
. Gofraid can be Anglicised as Godfrey
or Geoffrey
. Goraidh is an equivalent in the Scottish Gaelic language.
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
in the Old Irish, and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic languages.
Gofraid corresponds to the Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
Guðfriðr, and Guðrøðr
Guðrøðr
Guðrøðr is a masculine Old Norse personal name. The name is rendered in Old Irish and Middle Irish as Gofraid; a later form of this Gaelic name is Gofraidh. A Latinised form of the Old Norse name is Godred.-Persons with the name:...
. Gofraid can be Anglicised as Godfrey
Godfrey
-People:* Godfrey of Bouillon , leader of the First Crusade* Godfrey of Cambrai , prior and poet* Godfrey of Chichester , bishop of Chichester* Ambrose Godfrey , phosphorus manufacturer...
or Geoffrey
Geoffrey
Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Jeffrey, Jeff, etc. may refer to:People with the surname Geoffroy:* Geoffroy People with the given name Geoffrey, Jeffrey, Jeff, etc.:* Geoffrey...
. Goraidh is an equivalent in the Scottish Gaelic language.
List of people bearing the name
- Gofraid mac FergusaGofraid mac FergusaGofraid mac Fergusa was said to be a ruler in Hebrides and perhaps the Isle of Man in the 9th century. His existence, at least in the form presented in the Irish annals, is questionable....
, said to have been a ruler in Hebrides and perhaps the Isle of Man in the 9th century - Gofraid of LochlainnGofraid of LochlainnGofraid, King of Lochlainn was a key figure in the emergence of Norse influence in Scotland and the likely progenitor of the early Kings of the Isles and of the Uí Ímair that dominated the Irish Sea and environs in the early Medieval period. Very little is known of him, including his origins and...
, 9th century ruler - Gofraid ua ÍmairGofraid ua ÍmairGofraid was a Norse-Gael king of Dublin and, for a short time, king of Northumbria...
(died 934), a Norse-Gael king of Dublin and, for a short time, king of Northumbria - Gofraid mac SitriucGofraid mac SitriucGofraid mac Sitriuc , in Old Norse Guðrøðr Sigtryggsson, was King of Dublin. He was the son of Sihtric ua Ímair and a great-grandson of Ímar, founder of the Uí Ímair kindred which dominated much of the Norse-Gael and Scandinavianised parts of Britain and Ireland in the 10th century.Gofraid became...
(died 951), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Sigtryggsson, King of Dublin - Gofraid mac ArailtGofraid mac ArailtGofraid mac Arailt , in Old Norse Guðrøðr Haraldsson, was a Scandinavian or Norse-Gael king. He and his brother Maccus were active in the lands around the Irish Sea in the 970s and 980s.-Origins:...
(died 989), in Old Norse Guðrøðr Haraldsson, a Scandinavian or Norse-Gael king - Gofraid mac meic Arailt, Gofraid Méranech, "King Orry" or Godred CrovanGodred CrovanGodred Crovan was a Norse-Gael ruler of Dublin, and King of Mann and the Isles in the second half of the 11th century. Godred's epithet Crovan may mean "white hand" . In Manx folklore he is known as King Orry.-Ancestry and early life:...
(died 1095), ruler of Dublin, King of Mann and the Isles, grandfather of; - Gofraid mac Amlaíb or Godred II Olafsson (died 1187) King of the Isles and of Dublin
- Gofraid mac DomnaillGofraid mac DomnaillGofraid mac Domnaill , was a thirteenth-century Scottish rebel. The son of Domnall , his father's surname was almost certainly MacWilliam though Bane has been proposed.In 1211, Gofraid came from Ireland to Ross, and raised a rebellion...
, came from Ireland to Ross and raised a rebellion in 1211 - Gofraid DonnGofraid DonnGofraid mac Ragnaill was a 13th century Hebridean king, who descended from a long line of kings who ruled the Hebrides and the Isle of Man...
, (died 1231), ruled the Hebridean portion of the Kingdom of Man and the Isles - Godred Magnusson, (fl. 1275) son of the last King of Mann and the Isles
- Goraidh Mac Eachann MacAlasdairGoraidh Mac Eachann MacAlasdairGoraidh Mac Eachann MacAlasdair was born c. 1570-1580s, he became 5th of Loup, Chief of Clan MacAlister in 1587. He died in c. 1636 at Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland.-Biography:...
, (fl. 16th century), Scottish clan chief of Clan MacAlister