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All over the world, Gotfrid (Gotfrid , Готфрид ) is a rare boy's forename. The forename Gotfrid is characteristic of Kazakhstan, where it is a rare boy's name, Tanzania, and Germany, where it is a very rare male name. More prevalently, Gotfrid is the last name as well as the forename.
Gotfrid is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gottfried von Vittlar , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass and Duke Gottfried , the operatic character in the opera Lohengrin by Richard Wagner; Elsa's brother.