| Origin: | From Germanic words for region, area and stranger | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Geoffrey in particular | |
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| Group info: About Geoffrey, the group of names with the same origin as Geoffrey | | Language of origin: | Germanic |
| Info about origin: | old Germanic two-element name whose Old French form became popular |
| | brought to England by the Normans |
| | probably several names merged into one, with the first elements gawja (region, area) and walah (stranger) |
| | often confused with the name Godfrey/Gottfried |
| Words: | gawja = the region, the area Germanic |
| | walah = the stranger Germanic |
| | friduz = the peace, the protection Germanic |
| Topics: | Two-element name |
| Variants' top ranks: | 10:Jeffrey USA 1960-1969, 25:Geoffrey England+Wales 1944, 46:Jeffery USA 1960-1969, 54:Jeff USA 1960-1969 |
| Somehow related to: | Godfrey |
| Name variants: | Geoffrey, Geoffroi, Geoffroy, Jeff, Jeffery, Jeffrey Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Geoffrey | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| Belgium prevalence | | 2013 188 |
| England+Wales decades | Graph | 1964 63, 1954 28, 1944 25, 1934 33, 1924 36, 1914 55, 1904 58 |
| France | | 2002 231 |
| USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 369, 1980-1989 210, 1970-1979 193 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2005 990, 2004 847, 2003 755, 2002 732, 2001 673, 2000 652, 1999 634, 1998 545, 1997 531, 1996 502, 1995 425, 1994 382, 1993 350 |
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