Name: Jeffrey
Gender: Male
Usage: Jeffrey is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Jeffrey are in general originating from Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Haiti, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Jeffrey across the world, see Geoffrey.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Jeffrey is: Gift of peace, Divine peace.
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Numerology of the first name Jeffrey: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Jeffrey is ranked on the 226th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 2635500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.037% of the population. The name Jeffrey has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Jeffrey for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Jeffrey is 8 November.
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History and Origin
Jeffrey /ˈdʒɛfri/ is a common English given name and is a variant form of the name Geoffrey It is most commonly spelled as Jeffrey, or with one f as in Jefrey. It has often been confused with Godfrey but does not share exactly the same etymology.
The three-syllable alternative spelling Jeffery (pronounced "jef-fer-ree") is sometimes used as a variant given name. Outside of North America, Geoffrey is more common than Jeffrey. Jeffrey and its variants are found as surnames, usually as a patronymic ending in -s (e.g., Jefferies, Jaffrays). In Scotland, Jeffrey is most frequently found to be a surname.
Variations include Jeff, Jeffry, Jeffy, Jeffery, Geoff, Geoffrey, Geffrey, Jefferson, and Jeffro.
Jeffrey may refer to:
English: variant spelling of Geoffrey, common in the Middle Ages (as reflected in surnames such as Jefferson). This is the usual spelling of the name in the United States.
Variant: Jeffery.
Short form: Jeff.
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