Götzfried

surname · Latin script

Meaning: mixed form from a short form Götz and a -fried element; Germanic *fridu- 'peace'

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries

Götzfried is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

  • DEGermany≈1 in 93K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina1 in 2.3M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 3.8Mfew recordsas Goetzfried

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Götzfried itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈900 people, est.

Record sources
53 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 93K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Goetzfried in US United States, GB United Kingdom.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

mixed form from a short form Götz and a -fried element; Germanic *fridu- 'peace'

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Götzfried counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Götzfried is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈900 est.≈1 in 93KlistedGötzfried39
US United States≈90 est.≈1 in 3.8MlistedGoetzfried53
AR Argentina201 in 2.3M20——
AT Austria≈8 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Götzfried4
GB United Kingdom≈3 est.≈1 in 28M—Goetzfried4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: the dfa-band-6 register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Götzfried is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina

    Also written Gotzfried

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Gotzfried

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Gotzfried

  • English surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Gotzfried

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Götzfried is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Gottfried; Variantenform von Typ Gottfried. Bearer count im Text erwähnt, aber hier nicht als Gesamtzahl angegeben.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, patronymischer Familienname zum Rufnamen Gottfried (Kurzform Götz-); 382 Träger

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Götzfried; 382 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence

(measured from records)

3 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Götzfried
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—20—
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Götzfried mean, and where does it come from?
mixed form from a short form Götz and a -fried element; Germanic *fridu- 'peace' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
In which country does Götzfried have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 899 people named Götzfried in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled götzfried.
How common is the name Götzfried?
In Argentina, the national register counted 20 people named Götzfried, about 1 in 2.3 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Götzfried”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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