Given name
Jefferey
“a man of peace”
Jefferey is a variant of Jeffrey. One German interpretation is “a man of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jefferey is a variant of Jeffrey. One German interpretation is “a man of peace.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jefferey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,973
- 3,973 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 141 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 8 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 141 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,437 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.
Jefferey’s family of names
In English usage, Jefferey has a diminutive in Jeff. Jefferey has a related form in Jeffrey. In English usage, Jefferey has a related form in Geoffrey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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