Given name · also Germanic
Geoffery
“a man of peace”
In English use, Geoffery is a variant of Geoffrey. In English use, Geoffrey carries the interpretation “a man of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Geoffery 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
Geoffery is a form of Geoffrey. Geoffrey comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Geoffery through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,514
- 1,514 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 59 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 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 59 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,172 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.
Geoffery’s family of names
Geoffery has a related form in Geoffrey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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