God
gohd
A direct sacred name for the divine being, used as a given name only in rare devotional or symbolic cases.
Meaning
As a personal name, God is not a standard historical given name in the ordinary sense; it is primarily the English religious word for the supreme deity. The excerpts instead show related devotional names such as Adeodat/Adeodatus (“by God given”), Godfrey (“God-free”), and Puritan biblical names like Gershom and Manasseh, which reflect naming in relation to God rather than naming a child simply "God."
Origin
Englishvaries by culture
Fun fact
In historical naming traditions, people were much more likely to use God-linked names like Godfrey or Adeodatus than the word "God" itself.