Godefroy

Godefroy is a surname of Old French origin, and originally a given name, cognate with Geoffrey/Geoffroy/Jeffrey/Jeffries, Godfrey, Gottfried, etc.

Godefroy or Godefroi may refer to:

Given name

 * Godefroi, Count of Durbuy (d. before 1124), son of Henry I
 * Godefroi, Count of Montaigu (died 1161), Count of Clermont, Count of Duras
 * Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades (1607–1686), French diplomat and marshal
 * Godefroi, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (1823–1871), French politician
 * Godefroy de Blonay (1869–1937), a member of the International Olympic Committee and one of the founders and first president of the Swiss Olympic Association
 * Godefroy Calès (1799–1868), French physician and politician
 * Éléonore-Louis Godefroi Cavaignac (1801–1845), French politician and journalist
 * Godefroy de Forçant (died 1809), French Navy officer and adventurer
 * Godefroy Durand (1832–1896), German-born French illustrator and draughtsman
 * Godefroy Engelmann (1788–1839), Franco-German lithographer and chromolithographer
 * Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1636–1721)
 * Godefroy de La Tour d'Auvergne (1728–1792), Duke of Bouillon
 * Godefroy Vujicic (born 1975), French classical cellist
 * Godefroy Wendelin (1580–1667), astronomer from the County of Loon (now in Belgium)
 * Godefroy Zumoffen (1848–1928), French Jesuit archaeologist and geologist

Surname

 * Andrew Godefroy (born 1972), Canadian strategic analyst and science and technology historian
 * Charles Godefroy (1888–1958), French aviator noted for flying through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in 1919
 * Denis Godefroy (1549–1622), French jurist
 * Eliza Anderson Godefroy (1779–1839), believed to be the first woman to edit a general-interest magazine in the United States, wife of Maximilian Godefroy
 * Frédéric Godefroy (1826–1897), French author
 * Hugh C. Godefroy, World War II flying ace with the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force - see List of World War II flying aces
 * Jean-Pierre Godefroy (born 1944), French politician
 * Jocelyn Godefroi (1880–1969), British translator
 * Maximilian Godefroy (1765–c. 1838), French-American architect
 * Thibault Godefroy (born 1985), French bobsledder
 * Godefroy family, a French noble family

Other

 * Raymond de Gaufredi (died 1310), sometimes anglicized as Raymond Godefroy, Minister General of the Franciscan Order from 1289 to 1295

Places

 * La Godefroy, a commune in the Manche department of France
 * Godefroy, Les Cayes, Haiti, a village in the Les Cayes municipality
 * Godefroy River, Quebec, Canada