Jeffrey
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English
editEtymology
editVariant of Geoffrey.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editJeffrey
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, the usual U.S. spelling of Geoffrey. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
- 2005, Harvella Jones, The Texas Homestead Hoax, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 59:
- - - - you should also be able to sue your association's attorney when they step over the line as Attorney Jeffrey Ewalt did. Oh, my gosh! Even as I say his name Jeffrey, Jeffrey. Jeffrey is a name assigned to little boys with small toys. A cute innocent little boy that would do no harm to anyone. I recommend a name change for Jeffrey Ewalt from Jeffrey to Lucifer.
- A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Geoffrey.
- 1809, George Gordon Byron, English Bards and Scotch reviewers:A Satire:
- Health to great [Francis] Jeffrey! Heaven preserve his life
To flourish on the fertile shores of Fife
And guard it sacred in the future wars
Since authors sometimes seek the field of Mars!
Related terms
editTranslations
editmale given name — see Geoffrey
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editProper noun
editJeffrey
- Alternative form of Geffrey
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