Given name
Jeffy
“a man of peace”
In English use, Jeffy is a nickname for Geoffrey. In English use, Geoffrey carries the interpretation “a man of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jeffy is a nickname for Geoffrey. In English use, Geoffrey carries the interpretation “a man of peace.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jeffy is a form of Jeff. Jeff comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jeffy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 49 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 7 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 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 282 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.
Jeffy’s family of names
In English usage, Jeffy is a nickname for Jeff. Jeffy has a related form in Jeffrey. In English usage, Jeffy is a nickname for Geoffrey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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