# Gottfried (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gottfried/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “god”, “peace” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 115 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 115 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Jewish and German surname, from Gott (“god”) + Friede (“peace”).

## What it means

Gottfried is grouped under god and peace.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1913 | 8 | 2,164 |
| 1914 | 9 | 2,338 |
| 1915 | 9 | 2,707 |
| 1916 | 11 | 2,445 |
| 1918 | 12 | 2,453 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,412 |
| 1920 | 6 | 4,005 |
| 1922 | 8 | 3,364 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3,612 |
| 1924 | 8 | 3,353 |
| 1925 | 7 | 3,542 |
| 1926 | 9 | 2,999 |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,444 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,752 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,730 |

## People named Gottfried

- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
- Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (1812-1910)
- Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, German biologist (1795–1876)
- Gottfried Böhm, German architect (1920-2021)
- Gottfried Semper, German architect (1803–1879)
- Gottfried Feder, German economist and politician (1883-1941)
- Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Austrian field marshal
- Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, German botanist, embryologist and natural philosopher (1776-1858)
- Johann Gottfried Walther, German musician and composer
- Gottfried John, German actor (1942-2014)
- Gottfried Silbermann, German organ builder (1683-1753)
- Gottfried von Einem, Austrian composer (1916-1996)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.