'''Galfrid''' or '''Galfred''' (Latinised as '''''{{lang|la|Galfridus}}''''' or '''''{{lang|la|Galfredus}}''''') is an Anglo-Norman variant of the name Geoffrey. It derives, like German Gottfried (Latinised as ''{{lang|la|Godafridus}}'' or ''{{lang|la|Gothofredus}}'', Anglicised as Godfrey), from Old High German ''{{lang|goh|Godafrid}}'', Old French ''{{lang|fro|Godefroy}}'', and Old Norse ''{{lang|non|Guðfriðr}}'', meaning 'God's peace' or 'good protection', depending upon etymological interpretation. Variants, also used as synonymous with Gottfried, include Italian ''{{lang|it|Goffredo}}'' and Middle French ''{{lang|frm|Gaufredi}}'' (Latin {{lang|la|Gaufridus}}). The name is etymologically unrelated to, but was historically used interchangeably with, Welsh ''{{lang|cy|Gruffudd}}'' or ''{{lang|wlm|Gruffydd}}'' (anglicized as Griffith) in Wales.
The Anglo-Norman and British versions addressed here may refer to:
== In patrial names == * Galfredus Malaterra fl. 1097, a chronicler in Normandy; a.k.a. Goffredo Malaterra, Geoffroi Malaterra, Gaufredi Malaterræ, and Galfredus bendictinus e Normandia, and frequently cited by scholars of the early Middle Ages * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095 – c. 1155), an Anglo-Norman writer; a.k.a. Galfredus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, or Gruffudd ap Arthur * Galfridus de Northcote (fl. 1103), English knight, progenitor of the Northcote baronets and earls of Iddesleigh, in Devon * Godfrey of Saint Victor (c. 1125 – c. 1195), a French monk and theologian of the Victorine school; a.k.a. Galfredus, Geoffroy, Godefridus * Geoffrey of Canterbury (fl. 1127–1154) Anglo-Norman Benedictine monk, an Abbot of Canterbury (England), later first Abbot of Dumfermline (Scotland); a.k.a. Galfridus * Geoffrey of Wells (fl. 1150), an English hagiographer; a.k.a. Galfridius [de] Fontibus * Galfridus Arbalastarius, 'Geoffrey the Crossbowman' (fl. 1189), a Norman soldier, first Lord of Preesall-with-Hackensall in Lancashire, England * Geoffrey of Vinsauf (fl. 1200), an English grammarian, author of ''Poetria nova'' * Galfrid de Camville (fl. 1200–1220), founder of the Priory of Cahir, a monastic house in County Tipperary, Ireland * Galfridus (fl. 1203–1209), Abbot of Dryburgh and later of Alnwick Abbey, England; a.k.a. Geoffrey * Galfridus de Bristollia (fl. 1213–1228), an English cleric; served as a ''magister'' to Henry de Loundres in Dublin; Ireland * Geoffrey de Liberatione (fl. 1219 – 1249), a Scottish bishop; a.k.a. Galfredus or Galfred de Libertione * Galfridus Martel (fl. 1242), an Anglo-Norman land-holder, namesake of Marlston (originally Marteleston), in Berkshire, England * Galfrid de Mowbray (fl. c. 1250), a son-in-law of John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch in Scotland * Galfrid de Caunville (fl. ca. 1270–1290), an Anglo-Norman knight, and signatory to the Laugharne Charter in Carmarthenshire, Wales * Galfridus de Coker (fl. 1301), a prior of Kidwelly Priory, Wales * Galfrid de Burdon (fl. 1303–1321), a prior of Durham (and earlier of Finchale), England; a.k.a. Geoffrey de Burdon * Galfridus de Wolvehope (fl. 1305), an English parliamentarian, briefly representing the constituency of Lewes in East Sussex, in the House of Commons * Galfridus de Wilford (fl. 1321), a rector of St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham, England, and later of the Blackwell Church, Diocese of Lichfield (in England and partly in Wales) * Galfredus Petrus of Bayeux (fl. 1524), a French monk, and author of ''Opus sane de deorum dearumque gentilium genealogia'', the first work printed by Thomas Berthelet, later King's Printer for Henry VIII of England
== As a given name after the development of surnames == * Galfridus Walpole (1683–1726), British naval officer and politician from Houghton in Norfolk * Galfridus Williams (fl. 1701), a curate of St Mary's Church, Sandbach, in Cheshire, England * Galfridus Mann (fl. 1750), an army clothier of Kent, England; brother of Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet, and father of Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet, and of Catherine Mann, wife of James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis * Galfred Congreve (fl. 1850–1881), Scottish amateur footballer and cricketer, later a civil servant * Galfrid C. K. Dunsterville (1905–1988), a Venezuelan botanist, assigned the botanical author abbreviation "Dunst."
== In fiction == * Galfrid, a character in ''The Amazons: A Farcical Romance'', an 1893 British play by Arthur Wing Pinero * Galfred, Santa Claus's bookkeeper in the 2008 American children's television movie ''Snow 2: Brain Freeze''
== See also == * ''Phyllocoma'', a genus of sea snails, with the junior synonym ''Galfridus'' * Geoffrey, Geoffroy (surname), Jeffrey, Jeffries, Jeffers * Godred/Guðrøðr * Gofraid/Goraidh * Gottfried, Godfrey, Godefroy, Goffredo * Gruffudd/Gruffydd, Griffith (name), Griffith (surname), Griffiths
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