| Origin: | From Germanic words for region, area and stranger | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Jeffrey in particular | |
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| Group info: About Geoffrey, the group of names with the same origin as Jeffrey | | 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 Jeffrey | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| England+Wales decades | Graph | 1964 57, 1954 48, 1944 51, 1934 86 |
| Switzerland | | 1997 346 |
| USA decades | Graph | 2000-2009 161, 1990-1999 55, 1980-1989 30, 1970-1979 15, 1960-1969 10 |
| USA prevalence | | 1990 30 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2023 485, 2022 452, 2021 424, 2020 385, 2019 364, 2018 331, 2017 323, 2016 301, 2015 290, 2014 266, 2013 256, 2012 238, 2011 246, 2010 223, 2009 216, 2008 198, 2007 191, 2006 180, 2005 171, 2004 149, 2003 140, 2002 132, 2001 119, 2000 104, 1999 100, 1998 91, 1997 84, 1996 72, 1995 64, 1994 55, 1993 53 |
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