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Geffrey
How to Pronounce Geffrey
Pronounced JEF-ree /ΛdΚΙf.ri/Medium
Meaning: Geffrey is a historical spelling of Geoffrey, a name brought to England by the Normans. Its second element is the Germanic frid, 'peace'; the first element is debated, variously explained as gawia, 'district,' walah, 'foreigner or traveler,' or gisil, 'pledge.' So the name means roughly 'peace of the district' or 'peaceful pledge.' Geffrey keeps the medieval look while sounding the modern 'JEF-ree.'Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Geffrey is a genuine older spelling of Geoffrey, a Norman name built on the Germanic frid, 'peace,' with a disputed first element that may mean 'district,' 'traveler' or 'pledge.' The name was hugely popular in medieval England, worn by Chaucer himself, and its spelling wandered freely. The modern Geffrey revives that antique look while keeping the familiar sound, a quiet nod to the name's long history.
In American use it was always rare, reaching about fifteen boys a year at its best around 1970 and appearing from the late nineteen-forties into the two-thousands, alongside the more common Jeffrey and Geoffrey. A Geffrey from that peak is now in his fifties, and the name reads as an uncommon, slightly scholarly variant of a familiar classic.
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What does the name Geffrey mean?
It is an older spelling of Geoffrey, a Germanic name whose second part is frid, 'peace'; the first part is debated, so the sense is roughly 'peace of the district.'
How do you pronounce Geffrey?
It is said JEF-ree /ΛdΚΙf.ri/ - two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Geffrey a boy or girl name?
Geffrey is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Geffrey?
It was always rare in the United States, reaching only about fifteen boys a year at its best around the start of the nineteen-seventies.