Geoffrey

• Jeffrey
• Jeffery
• (archaic) Geffrey

From Middle English Geffrey, from an Old French aristocratic name, Geoffroi [dʒɔfreʲ] (> West Middle French Geoffrey, East Middle French Geoffroy), itself from Proto-French forms (latinized in -us) Jotfredus, Jozsfredus, Josfredus (10th century) and Jof[f]redus, Jofridus, Jaufredus, Geffredus (11th century),[1] and ultimately of Proto-Germanic origin. The second element is *friþuz (“peace, sanctuary”). The first element may be *gautaz (“a Geat, a Goth”) [making the Proto-Germanic term *Gautafriþu], as opposed to *gōdaz (“good”) or *gudą (“god”) in Godfrey; this would also make it related to Jocelyn.[2] The name was introduced to England by the Normans in the 11th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛfɹi/
• Homophone: Jeffrey
• Hyphenation: Geof‧frey

Geoffrey

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Popular in the U.K. in the 20th century.
   • 1879, Mary Elizabeth Shipley, Looking Back, page 98:

     "Were you not aware mamma had a son as well as three daughters?"
     "Yes, but I didn't know his name. I like Geoffrey; there's some sound in it."

   • 1996, Mary Higgins Clark, Let me Call You Sweetheart, →ISBN, page 207:

     Geoff grimaced, then smiled back, reminding himself that when his mother wasn't riding this horse, she was a very interesting woman who had taught medieval literature at Drew University for twenty years. In fact, he had been named Geoffrey because of her great admiration for Chaucer.

   • 2011, Sophie Hannah, Lasting Damage, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, pages 77–78:

     His full name is Benji Duncan Geoffrey Rigby-Monk. 'You're joking,' Kit said, when I first told him. 'Benji? Not even Benjamin?' Duncan and Geoffrey are his two granddads'names ― both unglamorous and old-dufferish, in Kit's view, and not worth inflicting on a new generation ― and Rigby-Monk is a fusion of Fran's surname and Anton's.

• Geoff
• Godfrey
• Jeffrey
• Jefferson

Geoffrey

1. Alternative form of Geffrey