Given name & surname
Jeffries
“a man of peace”
Jeffries is a variant of Jeffrey. One German interpretation is “a man of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jeffries 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 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jeffries through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 5 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 1953. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 22,137 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jeffries’s family of names
Jeffries has a related form in Jeffrey. In English usage, Jeffries as a surname has a related form in Jefferies.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
People named Jeffries
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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