What a fun name! The etymology is beloved God. It looks like God + Believe. The current English pronunciation sounds like God delive(r) Someone in the comments said that Dutch to English translated it as godly. I tested it and got goddess. If I ever publish a book, some of the characters have to have very fun names like this one.
― Anonymous User 12/15/2024
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It is really clunky and would definitely not work well outside of a Dutch-language setting, but I quite like it actually. There's something majestic about it.
My mother's name was Godelieve but she was not fond of it as many people would have a comment on how strange it was. She used her middle name Valerie. She was of Belgian decent but was born in the USA.
The etymology is beloved God.
It looks like God + Believe.
The current English pronunciation sounds like God delive(r)
Someone in the comments said that Dutch to English translated it as godly. I tested it and got goddess.
If I ever publish a book, some of the characters have to have very fun names like this one.