# Galfrid > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Galfrid > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Galfrid.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galfrid > Source revision: 1043498982 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) '''Galfrid''' or '''Galfred''' ([Latinised](/source/Latinisation_of_names) as '''''{{lang|la|Galfridus}}''''' or '''''{{lang|la|Galfredus}}''''') is an Anglo-Norman variant of the name [Geoffrey](/source/Geoffrey_(given_name)). It derives, like German [Gottfried](/source/Gottfried) (Latinised as ''{{lang|la|Godafridus}}'' or ''{{lang|la|Gothofredus}}'', [Anglicised](/source/Anglicisation) 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](/source/Etymology) 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](/source/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](/source/Goffredo_Malaterra) fl. 1097, a [chronicler](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Northcote_baronets) and [earls of Iddesleigh](/source/Earl_of_Iddesleigh), in Devon * [Godfrey of Saint Victor](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Geoffrey_of_Wells) ([fl.](/source/Floruit) 1150), an English hagiographer; a.k.a. Galfridius [de] Fontibus * Galfridus Arbalastarius, 'Geoffrey the Crossbowman' (fl. 1189), a Norman soldier, first Lord of [Preesall](/source/Preesall)-with-Hackensall in Lancashire, England * [Geoffrey of Vinsauf](/source/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](/source/List_of_monastic_houses_in_County_Tipperary), Ireland * Galfridus (fl. 1203–1209), [Abbot of Dryburgh](/source/Abbot_of_Dryburgh) and later of [Alnwick Abbey](/source/Alnwick_Abbey), England; a.k.a. Geoffrey * Galfridus de Bristollia (fl. 1213–1228), an English cleric; served as a ''[magister](/source/Hofmeister_(office))'' to [Henry de Loundres](/source/Henry_de_Loundres) in Dublin; Ireland * [Geoffrey de Liberatione](/source/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](/source/Marlston) (originally Marteleston), in Berkshire, England * Galfrid de Mowbray (fl. c. 1250), a son-in-law of [John I Comyn, Lord of Badenoch](/source/John_I_Comyn%2C_Lord_of_Badenoch) in Scotland * Galfrid de Caunville (fl. ca. 1270–1290), an Anglo-Norman knight, and signatory to the [Laugharne Charter](/source/Laugharne_Charter) in Carmarthenshire, Wales * Galfridus de Coker (fl. 1301), a prior of [Kidwelly Priory](/source/Kidwelly_Priory), Wales * Galfrid de Burdon (fl. 1303–1321), a [prior of Durham](/source/prior_of_Durham) (and earlier of [Finchale](/source/Finchale_Priory)), England; a.k.a. Geoffrey de Burdon * Galfridus de Wolvehope (fl. 1305), an English parliamentarian, briefly representing the [constituency of Lewes](/source/Lewes_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in East Sussex, in the House of Commons * Galfridus de Wilford (fl. 1321), a rector of [St Nicholas' Church, Nottingham](/source/St_Nicholas'_Church%2C_Nottingham), England, and later of the Blackwell Church, [Diocese of Lichfield](/source/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](/source/Thomas_Berthelet), later King's Printer for Henry VIII of England == As a given name after the development of surnames == * [Galfridus Walpole](/source/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](/source/St_Mary's_Church%2C_Sandbach), in Cheshire, England * Galfridus Mann (fl. 1750), an army clothier of Kent, England; brother of [Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_Horace_Mann%2C_1st_Baronet), and father of [Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet](/source/Sir_Horatio_Mann%2C_2nd_Baronet), and of Catherine Mann, wife of [James Cornwallis, 4th Earl Cornwallis](/source/James_Cornwallis%2C_4th_Earl_Cornwallis) * [Galfred Congreve](/source/Galfred_Congreve) (fl. 1850–1881), Scottish amateur footballer and cricketer, later a civil servant * [Galfrid C. K. Dunsterville](/source/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](/source/The_Amazons%3A_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](/source/Snow_2%3A_Brain_Freeze)'' == See also == * ''[Phyllocoma](/source/Phyllocoma)'', a genus of sea snails, with the junior synonym ''Galfridus'' * [Geoffrey](/source/Geoffrey_(given_name)), [Geoffroy (surname)](/source/Geoffroy_(surname)), [Jeffrey](/source/Jeffrey_(given_name)), [Jeffries](/source/Jeffries), [Jeffers](/source/Jeffers) * [Godred](/source/Godred)/Guðrøðr * [Gofraid](/source/Gofraid)/Goraidh * [Gottfried](/source/Gottfried), [Godfrey](/source/Godfrey_(name)), [Godefroy](/source/Godefroy_(disambiguation)), [Goffredo](/source/Goffredo) * [Gruffudd](/source/Gruffudd)/Gruffydd, [Griffith (name)](/source/Griffith_(name)), [Griffith (surname)](/source/Griffith_(surname)), [Griffiths](/source/Griffiths) {{given name}} Category:Given names --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Galfrid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galfrid) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galfrid?action=history)). 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