| Origin: | From Germanic words for region, area and stranger | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Jeff in particular | | Gender: | male |
| Languages of use: | English |
| Is short form of: | Jeffrey |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
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| Group info: About Geoffrey, the group of names with the same origin as Jeff | | 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 Jeff | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 742, 1980-1989 428, 1970-1979 192, 1960-1969 54 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2002 975, 2001 910, 2000 929, 1999 904, 1997 978, 1996 879, 1995 878, 1994 716, 1993 714 |
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