First name origin & meaning:
Old French: Peaceful
First name variations: Jeffrie, Jeffry, Jefferey, Geoffrey, Geoff, Godfrey, Jeff, Jefferson, 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
Last name origin & meaning:
English: from a Norman personal name that appears in Middle English
as Geffrey and in Old French as Je(u)froi. Some
authorities regard this as no more than a palatalized form of
Godfrey, but early forms such as Galfridus and
Gaufridus point to a first element from Germanic gala
‘to sing’ or gawi ‘region’, ‘territory’. It is possible that
several originally distinct names have fallen together in the same
form.
This name appears in the following lists:
Presidents' Kids