godparent

person who sponsors a child's baptism
Thing nominal_kinship Q223973
godparent
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godparent

Summary

godparent is a nominal kinship[1]. godparent ranks in the top 8% of nominal_kinship entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,050 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • godparent's instance of is recorded as nominal kinship[3].
  • godparent's instance of is recorded as religious figure[4].
  • godparent's instance of is recorded as term[5].
  • godparent is a type of patronage[6].
  • godparent is a type of non-biological parent[7].
  • godparent is part of godfamily[8].
  • godparent is the opposite of godchild[9].
  • godparent comprises godfather[10].
  • godparent comprises godmother[11].
  • godparent's facet of is recorded as godparenthood[12].
  • godparent's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • godparent's described by source is recorded as Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia. Volume 3, 1902[14].
  • godparent's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • godparent's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • godparent's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[17].
  • godparent's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1290[18].
  • godparent's different from is recorded as fadder[19].
  • godparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'marraine'}[20].
  • godparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Patin'}[21].
  • godparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'baptopatrino'}[22].
  • godparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kmotra'}[23].
  • godparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'peetmoeder'}[24].
  • godparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'madrina'}[25].
  • godparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'gudmor'}[26].
  • godparent's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'gudmor'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include nominal kinship[3], religious figure[4], and term[5]. Recorded subclass of include patronage[6] and non-biological parent[7]. godparent is the opposite of godchild[9].

Use and Application

Components include godfather[10], a kinship[28] and godmother[11], a kinship[29]. godparent is part of godfamily[8].

Why It Matters

godparent ranks in the top 8% of nominal_kinship entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,050 views/month).[2] godparent has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] godparent is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_godparent_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{godparent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/godparent}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of nominal kinship, religious figure, term
    Opposite of godchild
    Has part(s) godfather, godmother
    Part of godfamily
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19018, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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