Godparent
Translations of "godparent" (31 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asturian | madrina(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), padrín(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 乾娘 /干娘(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), 乾爹 /干爹(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), 教母(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), 教父(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | gānniáng, gāndiē, jiàomǔ, jiàofù | |
| Danish | fadder(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Dutch | peetmoeder(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), peetvader(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Esperanto | baptogepatro(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Estonian | ristiema(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), ristiisa(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), ristivanem(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), vader(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Finnish | kummi(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), kummisetä(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), kummitäti(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| French | marraine(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), parrain(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Galician | padriño(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Georgian | ნათლია(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | natlia | |
| German | Pate(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), Patin(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Greek | νονά(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), νονός(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | godmother, godfather | |
| Hawaiian | makua papakema(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Hungarian | keresztszülő(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Ido | baptogenitoro(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Indonesian | wali baptis(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Ingrian | kooma(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Irish | cara as Críost(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Japanese | 代父母(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), 名付け親(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), 教父母(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | daifubo, nazukeoya, kyōfubo | |
| Luxembourgish | Pätter(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Macedonian | кум(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | kum | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | dåpsvitne(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), fadder(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | dåpsvitne(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), fadder(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Old English | godsibb(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Polish | chrzestna(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), chrzestny(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Portuguese | madrinha(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), padrinho(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Romanian | naș(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), nașă(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Russian | крёстная мать(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), крёстный оте́ц(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | krjóstnaja matʹ, krjóstnyj otéc | |
| Swedish | fadder(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — | |
| Ukrainian | хрещена(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), хрещений батько(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | xreščenyj batʹko | |
| Volapük | hispönan(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), jispönan(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), spönan(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism), spönanef(person who stood for a child during a naming ceremony or baptism) | — |
madrina, padrín
fadder
peetmoeder, peetvader
baptogepatro
ristiema, ristiisa, ristivanem, vader
kummi, kummisetä, kummitäti
marraine, parrain
padriño
Pate, Patin
makua papakema
keresztszülő
baptogenitoro
wali baptis
kooma
cara as Críost
Pätter
dåpsvitne, fadder
dåpsvitne, fadder
godsibb
chrzestna, chrzestny
madrinha, padrinho
naș, nașă
fadder
hispönan, jispönan, spönan, spönanef
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.