Given name & surname

Geffray

Geffray is a masculine given name from Old French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Geffray comes from Old French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old French Jofroi.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Geffray’s family of names

Geffray has a conventional equivalent in the French form Geoffrey. In Middle English usage, Geffray has a related form in Geffrey.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Across languages 1

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Old French

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Old French

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Old French

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