Given name
Geoffry
“a man of peace”
Geoffry is a variant of Geoffrey. In English use, Geoffrey carries the interpretation “a man of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Geoffry 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 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Geoffry through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 677
- 677 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 23 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 612 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.
Geoffry’s family of names
In English usage, Geoffry has a related form in Jeffrey. Geoffry 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.
People named Geoffry
- Geoffry NorthcoteBritish colonial administrator (1881-1948)
- Geoffry ScoonesBritish Indian Army officer (1893–1975)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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