Given name & surname
Geoffroy
Geoffroy is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.
Original FrenchGoffin
Meaning & origin
Geoffroy’s family of names
In French usage, Geoffroy as a surname has an affectionate form in GOFFIN. In French usage, Geoffroy has a later derivative in GEFFRE. In French usage, Geoffroy has a conventional equivalent in the English form Jeffrey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Geoffroy has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- JeffreyEnglish
- GeoffreyEnglish, German
- GottfriedGerman
- Jofreequivalent
- GalfredoPortuguese
- Geoffroiequivalent
- Gioffreequivalent
- Jaufreequivalent
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People named Geoffroy
- Geoffrey of Villehardouinknight and historian1148–1213
- Geoffrey I of Anjoucount of Anjou from 960 to 987938–987
- Geoffrey II of VillehardouinPrince of Achaea1194–1245
- Geoffroi de CharnyFrench knight and author1300–1356
- Geoffroy de Donjon11th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller1200–1202
- Geoffrey of Lusignanlord of Vouvant and Mervent, Moncontour and Soubise. Count of Jaffa and Ascalon1150–1216
- Geoffrey of AngoulêmeFrench noble1000–1048
- Geoffroy de LagasnerieFrench philosopher and sociologist (born 1981)
- Geoffroy IV de la Tour LandryFrench noble and writer1330–1405
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