Given name
Geofrey
“a man of peace”
Geofrey is a variant of Geoffrey. In English use, Geoffrey carries the interpretation “a man of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Geofrey 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 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Geofrey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 141
- 141 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 10 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 6 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 318 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.
Geofrey’s family of names
In English usage, Geofrey has a related form in Jeffrey. Geofrey has a related form in Geoffrey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Geofrey
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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