Meanings
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, the usual U.S. spelling of Geoffrey. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
A woman who testified Tuesday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell said she met the close confidante of Jeffrey Epstein and the billionaire businessman when she was 14 and eating ice cream with friends at a camp where he was a benefactor.
2021 November 30, Lauren del Valle, Steve Almas, “Woman testifies Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein started sexually abusing her when she was 14”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Jun 20221 more example
- - - 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.
2005, Harvella Jones, The Texas Homestead Hoax, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 59 - A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Geoffrey.
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!
1809, George Gordon Byron, English Bards and Scotch reviewers:A Satire
Origin
Variant of Geoffrey.
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Jeffrey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jeffrey
“Jeffrey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jeffrey. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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