Gofraid
| Gofraid | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Old Irish, Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Norse |
| Derivation | Guðrøðr, Guðfriðr |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Gofraidh, Goraidh |
| Cognate(s) | Godred |
| Anglicisation(s) | Godfrey, Geoffrey |
Gofraid is a masculine given name in the Old Irish, and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic languages.
Gofraid corresponds to the Old Norse Guðfriðr,[1] and Guðrøðr.[2] Gofraid can be Anglicised as Godfrey[3] or Geoffrey.[4] Goraidh is an equivalent in the Scottish Gaelic language.
Notable people bearing this name include:
- Godred Crovan (died 1095), also known as "Gofraid", "Gofraidh", and "Gofhraidh", King of Dublin and the Isles
- Godred Olafsson (died 1187), also known as "Gofraid", King of Dublin and the Isles
- Gofraid Donn (died 1231), King in the Isles
- Gofraid mac Amlaíb meic Ragnaill (died 1075), King of Dublin
- Gofraid mac Arailt (died 989), King of the Isles
- Gofraid mac Domnaill (died 1212/1213), Scottish rebel
- Gofraid mac Fergusa, supposed 9th-century Gaelic nobleman
- Gofraid mac Sitriuc (died 951), King of Dublin
- Gofraid mac Sitriuc (died 1070), King of the Isles, father of Fingal mac Gofraid
- Gofraid of Lochlann, 9th-century Viking king
- Gofraid ua Ímair (died 934), King of Dublin and Northumbria
- Goraidh Mac Eachann MacAlasdair (fl. 16th century), chief of Clan MacAlister
- Guðrøðr Magnússon (fl. 1275), son of Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles
See also
References
- ↑ Byrne, Francis John (2008), "Ireland before the battle of Clontarf", in Ó Cróinín, D, Prehistoric and Early Ireland, A New History of Ireland 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 632, ISBN 978-0-19-821737-4
- ↑ Downham, Clare (2007), Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland: The Dynasty of Ívarr to A.D. 1014, Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press, p. 3, ISBN 978-1-903765-89-0
- ↑ Sellar, W. D. H. (2000), "Hebridean Sea Kings: The Successors of Somerled, 1164-1316", in Cowan, Edward J.; McDonald, R. Andrew, Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages, East Linton: Tuckwell Press, p. 187, ISBN 1-86232-151-5
- ↑ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 715, ISBN 0-203-22259-8
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