Given name · also Germanic
Geffery
“a man of peace”
In English use, Geffery is a variant of Geoffrey. In English use, Geoffrey carries the interpretation “a man of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Geffery is a variant of Geoffrey. In English use, Geoffrey carries the interpretation “a man of peace.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Geffery is a form of Geffrey. Geffrey comes from Middle English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Geffery through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1972.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Geffery’s family of names
In English usage, Geffery has a related form in Geffrey. In English usage, Geffery has a related form in Geoffrey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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