Given name & surname
Geffrey
“a man of peace”
Geffrey is a variant of Geoffrey. In English use, Geoffrey carries the interpretation “a man of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Geffrey is a variant of Geoffrey. In English use, Geoffrey carries the interpretation “a man of peace.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Geffrey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 221
- 221 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 14 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 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 320 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Geffrey’s family of names
Geffrey has a surname derivative in Geffreyson. In English usage, Geffrey has a related form in Jeffrey. Geffrey has a related form in Geoffrey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Geffrey has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Middle English roots to each of them.
Middle Englishwhere Geffrey comes from · 10 names
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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