What is "gofraid"

is a Irish masculine given name, arising in the Old Irish and Middle Irish/ Middle Gaelic languages, as , and later partially Anglicised as Goffraid.

corresponds to the Old Norse , cognate with Gottfried or , and Galfrid or . Gofraid/Gofhraidh was sometimes also used for (partially Anglicized as Godred, Guthred, or Guthfrith, Latinised as ).

can be Anglicised as Godfrey or Geoffrey.

The lenited variant spelling (or , with a diacritic in the older Irish orthography, especially in Gaelic type), was influenced by the Old French .

and, less commonly, are equivalents in the Scottish Gaelic language (from ).