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First name origin & meaning:

Old French: Peaceful

First name variations: Jeffrie, Jeffry, Jefferey, Geoffrey, Geoff, Godfrey, Jeff, Jeffers, Joffrey, Jeffries, Jeffery, Jeffaree, Jefarey, Jeffari, Jefarie, Jefary, Jeferee, Jeferey, Jeferi, Jeferie, Jefery, Jeffaree, Jeffarey, Jeffari, Jeffarie, Jeffary, Jeffeory, Jefferay, Jefferee, Jeffereoy, Jefferi, Jefferie, Jefferies, Jeffory, Jeffrey

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: patronymic from Jeffrey.
  2. The third U.S. president, author of the Declaration of Independence, and VA statesman Thomas Jefferson relates in his memoirs a family tradition that he was descended from Welsh stock on his father’s side, while noting the relative infrequency of the name Jefferson in Wales. It is a characteristically northern English name. A Jefferson was among the burgesses who attended the first representative assembly at Jamestown, VA, in 1619.

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Tony Randall

This name appears in the following lists: First Ladies, Heroes and Heroines, Presidents' Kids, U.S. Presidents