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Across the world, Gotfryd (Gotfryd , Готфрид ) is a rare male given name. The first name Gotfryd is characteristic of Kazakhstan, where it is a rare boy's name, Germany, where it is a very rare masculine name, and Russia, where it is an extremely rare male name. Likewise, Gotfryd is the last name as well as the forename.
Gotfryd 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.