Meaning & History
Old Norse word meaning "god".
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Other Languages & Culturesgod (Anglo-Saxon) god (Frankish) gudą (Old Germanic) got (Old High German)
Given Name DescendantsHleb (Belarusian) Jofre (Catalan) Gorm, Gudmund, Gudrun (Danish) Godfried (Dutch) Geoffrey, Godfrey, Jefferson, Jeffery, Jeffrey, Jeffry, Geffrey (English) Geofrey (English (African)) Geoffroy, Godefroy, Geoffrey, Joffrey (French) Gottfried, Gudrun (German) Godefrid (Germanic) Guðbjörg, Guðjón, Guðlaug, Guðmundur, Guðný, Guðríður, Guðrún (Icelandic) Gofraidh, Séafra, Siothrún (Irish) Goffredo (Italian) Geoffroi (Medieval French) Gjord, Gjurd (Medieval Scandinavian) Gudrun, Guðrún (Norse Mythology) Godtfred, Gudbrand, Gudmund, Gudrun, Guri, Gulbrand (Norwegian) Gorm (Old Danish) Gulbrandr, Guðbjǫrg, Guðbrandr, Guðfrøðr, Guðlaug, Guðleif, Guðleifr, Guðmundr, Guðný, Guðormr, Guðríðr, Guðrøðr, Guðrún, Guðþormr (Old Norse) Godofredo (Portuguese) Jéferson, Jefferson (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Gleb (Russian) Goraidh (Scottish Gaelic) Godofredo (Spanish) Gottfrid, Gudrun, Vilgot (Swedish) Hlib (Ukrainian) Sieffre (Welsh)
Surname DescendantsGuldbrandsen (Danish) Godfrey, Jeffers, Jefferson, Jeffery, Jeffries (English) Gulbrandsen, Guldbrandsen (Norwegian)
Sources & References
- Cleasby, Richard and Gudbrand Vigfusson. An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874), entry guð, available from https://old-norse.net/html/g.php#guð.
Entry updated May 26, 2026