Meanings
Origin
- Old Englishgoddohtor“goddaughter”
- Middle Englishgoddoghter
- Englishgoddaughter
From Middle English goddoghter, goddoȝter, from Old English goddohtor (“goddaughter”), equivalent to god- + daughter. Cognate with Danish guddatter (“goddaughter”), Swedish guddotter (“goddaughter”), Icelandic guðdóttir (“goddaughter”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian кръще́лница
- кръще́лница (krăštélnica)female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Catalan fillola
- fillolafemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Chinese Mandarin 教女
- 教女female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Danish guddatter
- guddatterfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Dutch peetdochter
- peetdochterfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Esperanto baptofilino
- baptofilinofemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Estonian ristitütar
- ristitütarfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Finnish kummitytär
- kummitytärfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
French filleule
- filleulefemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
German Patentochter
- Patentochterfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Greek βαφτισιμιά, αναδεκτή
- βαφτισιμιά (vaftisimiá)female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
- αναδεκτή (anadektí)female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
- αναδεξιμιά (anadeximiá)female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Hungarian keresztlány
- keresztlányfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Indonesian putri baptis
- putri baptisfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Italian figlioccia
- figliocciafemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Latvian krustmeita
- krustmeitafemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Polish chrześniaczka, chrześnica
- chrześniaczkafemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
- chrześnicafemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Portuguese afilhada
- afilhadafemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Romanian fină
- finăfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Russian крёстная дочь, кре́стница
- крёстная дочь (krjóstnaja dočʹ)female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
- кре́стница (kréstnica)female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Scottish Gaelic ban-dalta-baistidh, daltag
- ban-dalta-baistidhfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
- daltagfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Slovak krstná dcéra
- krstná dcérafemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Spanish ahijada
- ahijadafemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Swedish guddotter
- guddotterfemale child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Ukrainian хреще́ниця, хреще́на дочка́
- хреще́ниця (xreščénycja)female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
- хреще́на дочка́ (xreščéna dočká)female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
- похре́сниця (poxrésnycja)female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
- хрище́ниця (xryščénycja)female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent
Cite this entry
APA
goddaughter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goddaughter
MLA
“goddaughter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goddaughter. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goddaughter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goddaughter.
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