Gender:
Origin:
German
1051 famous people named Jeffrey found on Wikipedia.
974739 male, 3499 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
331-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
9-th in year 1966
Used in: English
A male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “divine peace.”.
Jeffrey is a common English given name and, a variant form of the name Geoffrey (itself from a Middle French variant of Godfrey, Gottfried). It is most commonly spelled as Jeffery, or with one f as in Jefery.
It has been argued that the common derivation of Middle French Geoffrey, Jeffery from Godfrey is mistaken, and that the names reflect two separate first Germanic elements god vs. gaut, which became conflated in Old High German by the end of the early medieval period.
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); The surname Jefferson is also a patronymic version of the given name. In Scotland, Jeffrey is most frequently found to be a surname.
Variations include Jeff, Jeffry, Jeffy, Jeffery, Geoff, Geoffrey, Jeffeory, Geffrey, Jefferson, and Jeffro.
Masc. proper name, from Old French Jeufroi, Jefroi, variants of Geuffroi (see Geoffrey).
Form of Godfrey, means: God's peace, peaceful god.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Jeffrey Dahmer | 1960 | American serial killer and sex offender |
2 | Jeffrey Dean Morgan | 1966 | Actor |
3 | Jeffrey Tambor | 1944 | American actor and voice actor |
4 | Jeffrey Jones | 1946 | Actor |
5 | Jeffrey Epstein | 1953 | American financier, science and education philanthropist and sex offender |
6 | Jeffrey Donovan | 1968 | American actor |
7 | Jeffrey Archer | 1940 | English author and former politician |
8 | Jeffrey Hunter | 1926 | Actor |
9 | Jeffrey Skilling | 1953 | Former CEO of Enron Corporation |
10 | Jeffrey DeMunn | 1947 | American actor |
11 | Jeffrey Jordan | 1988 | American college basketball player |
12 | Jeffrey Toobin | 1960 | Lawyer and author |
13 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 1989 | Fourth generation American stock car race car driver |
14 | Jeffrey R. MacDonald | 1943 | Military physician, convicted of murder |
15 | Jeffrey Combs | 1954 | American actor (born 1954) |
16 | Jeffrey Katzenberg | 1950 | American film producer |
17 | Jeffrey Mace | ||
18 | Jeffrey Garten | 1946 | American journalist |
19 | Jeffrey Wigand | 1942 | American whistleblower, tobacco company executive |
20 | Jeffrey Sachs | 1954 | American economist |
21 | Jeffrey Lurie | 1951 | American football owner, CEO, film producer |
22 | Jeffrey Nordling | 1962 | Actor |
23 | Jeffrey Maier | 1984 | American baseball spectator |
24 | Jeffrey Wright | 1965 | American actor |
25 | Jeffrey Loria | 1940 | American art dealer |
26 | Jeffrey Bruma | 1991 | Dutch footballer |
27 | Jeffrey Osborne | 1948 | American singer |
28 | Jeffrey Weissman | 1958 | American actor |
29 | Jeffrey Miller | 1950 | American activist |
30 | Jeffrey Eugenides | 1960 | Novelist, short story writer, teacher |
31 | Jeffrey Schlupp | 1992 | Ghanaian footballer |
32 | Jeffrey Lundgren | 1950 | American mass murderer |
33 | Jeffrey Hayden | 1926 | American director |
34 | Jeffrey Zaslow | 1958 | American author, biographer and newspaper columnist |
35 | Jeff Skoll | 1965 | Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer |
36 | Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman | 1984 | |
37 | Jeffrey Goldberg | 1965 | American journalist |
38 | Jeffrey Spender | Fictional character | |
39 | Jeffrey Pierce | 1971 | American actor |
40 | Jeffrey Daniel | 1955 | American singer and choreographer |
41 | Jeffrey Holland | 1946 | English actor |
42 | Jeffrey R. Holland | 1940 | Mormon leader |
43 | Jeffrey Gundlach | 1959 | American banker |
44 | Jeff Lord | American politician | |
45 | Jeffrey Hatrix | 1963 | American musician |
46 | Jeffrey Dampier | 1966 | American lottery winner |
47 | Jeffrey Lee Pierce | 1958 | American singer |
48 | Jeffrey Vinik | 1959 | American businessman |
49 | Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans | 1948 | Shipbroker |
50 | Jeffrey Lewis | 1975 | Singer |
51 | Jeffrey Williams | 1958 | Astronaut, test pilot |
52 | Jeffrey Xu | 1988 | Chinese actor |
53 | Jeffrey Richman | American actor and producer | |
54 | Jeffrey Kramer | 1945 | Actor and producer |
55 | Jeffrey Garcia | 1977 | American voice actor and a stand-up comedian |
56 | Jeffrey Beall | American librarian | |
57 | Jeffrey Brotman | 1943 | American businessman; co-founder Costco |
58 | Jeffrey Alexander Sterling | American CIA officer | |
59 | Jeffrey Jey | 1970 | Italian composer |
60 | Jeffrey Zients | 1966 | Deputy director in the Office of Budget MAnagement |
61 | Jeffrey Tucker | 1963 | American writer |
62 | Peter Jeffrey | 1929 | British television and film actor |
63 | Jeffrey Tate | 1943 | British conductor |
64 | Jeffrey Edward Fowle | 1958 | American Prisoner of North Korea |
65 | Jeffrey Sebelia | 1970 | American fashion designer |
66 | Jeffrey Buttle | 1982 | Figure skater |
67 | Jeffrey Hudson | 1619 | English court dwarf |
68 | Jeffrey Sinclair | Character in Babylon 5 | |
69 | Jeffrey Rignall | 1952 | Survivor of John Wayne Gacy attack |
70 | Jeffrey Rosen | 1964 | American legal scholar |
71 | Jeffrey Bernard | 1932 | British journalist |
72 | Jeffrey Klarik | 2000 | American television writer and producer |
73 | Jeffrey Byron | 1955 | American actor and writer |
74 | Jeffrey Webb | 1964 | Football executive |
75 | Jeffrey Hammond | 1946 | British musician |
76 | Jeffrey Chiesa | 1965 | US politician |
77 | Jeffrey DeLaurentis | 2000 | American diplomat |
78 | Jeffrey Donaldson | 1962 | British politician |
79 | Jeffrey Reiner | Film/television director, editor, producer, screenwriter | |
80 | Jeffrey Lynn | 1909 | American actor |
81 | Jeffrey Cheah | Founder and chair of Sunway Group | |
82 | Jeffrey Lieber | 1984 | American screenwriter |
83 | Jeffrey Smart | 1921 | Australian artist known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes |
84 | Jeffrey Vincent Parise | 1974 | American actor and Artist |
85 | Jeffrey Walker | 1982 | Australian actor |
86 | Myles Jeffrey | 1990 | American actor |
87 | Jeffrey Gorton | 1962 | American murderer |
88 | Jeffrey Steele | 1961 | American country musician |
89 | Jeffrey Monakana | 1993 | Footballer |
90 | Jeffrey Dunn | 1961 | British guitarist |
91 | Jeffrey Kluger | 1954 | American writer |
92 | Jeffrey Thomas | 2000 | Welsh born New Zealander actor |
93 | Jeffrey Mark Deskovic | 1973 | American wrongfully convicted of murder |
94 | Jeffrey Sarpong | 1988 | Footballer |
95 | Jeffrey Masson | 1941 | Maerican writer and activist |
96 | Jeffrey Blitz | 1969 | American film director, producer and screenwriter |
97 | James Franklin Jeffrey | 1946 | American diplomat |
98 | Jeffrey M. Smith | 1956 | American activist |
99 | Jeffrey Sutton | 1960 | American judge |
100 | Jeffrey Ullman | 1942 | American computer scientist |
101 | Jeffrey Locker | American Writer | |
102 | Jeffrey Pfeffer | 1946 | American academic |
103 | Jeffrey Hart | 1930 | American journalist |
104 | Jeffrey Meldrum | 1958 | American anthropologist |
105 | Jeffrey Deitch | 1950 | American art dealer |
106 | Jeffrey Gitomer | 1946 | American writer |
107 | Jeffrey Orridge | 1960 | Television executive |
108 | Jeffrey Meek | 1959 | American actor |
109 | Jeffrey Cariaso | 1972 | Filipino basketball player |
110 | Jeffrey M. Lacker | 1955 | American economist and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
111 | Jeffrey Seller | 1965 | American theatre producer |
112 | Jeffrey Rowland | 1974 | Creator of Wigu and Overcompensating webcomics |
113 | Jeffrey Titford | 1933 | British politician |
114 | Jeffrey Licon | 1985 | American actor |
115 | Jeffrey Nicholas Brown | 1975 | American actor |
116 | Jeffrey W. Greenberg | 1951 | American businessman |
117 | Jeffrey Herlings | 1994 | Dutch motorcycle racer |
118 | Jeffrey Vitter | 1955 | American computer scientist |
119 | Jeffrey D. Sams | 1966 | American actor |
120 | Jeffrey Leonard | 1955 | American professional baseball player, outfielder |
121 | Jeffrey Boam | 1946 | Screenwriter, film producer |
122 | Jeffrey Sneijder | 1982 | Dutch footballer |
123 | Jeffrey C. Alexander | 1947 | Sociologist |
124 | Jeffrey Catherine Jones | 1944 | Artist |
125 | Jeffrey Steingarten | 1942 | American food writer |
126 | Jeffrey C. Sprecher | 1956 | American businessman |
127 | Jeffrey Foskett | 1956 | American guitarist and singer |
128 | Jeffrey M. Schwartz | American neuroscientist | |
129 | Jeffrey Reddick | American screenwriter | |
130 | Jeffrey A. Hoffman | 1944 | American astronaut |
131 | Jeffrey Klein | 1960 | American politician |
132 | Jeffrey Foucault | 1976 | American musician |
133 | Jeffrey D. Feltman | 1959 | American diplomat |
134 | Jeffrey Gettleman | 1971 | American journalist |
135 | Jeffrey Gouweleeuw | 1991 | Dutch professional footballer |
136 | Jeffrey Brown | 1956 | American journalist |
137 | Jeffrey L. Kessler | American lawyer | |
138 | Jeffrey Lau | 1952 | Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, actor and film producer |
139 | Jeffrey Zeldman | 1955 | Internet pioneer |
140 | Jeffrey Sonnenfeld | 1954 | American academic |
141 | Jeffrey Lang | 1954 | American mathematician and writer |
142 | Jeffrey Bell | American screenwriter and producer | |
143 | Jeffrey Hornaday | 1956 | Film director, choreographer |
144 | Jeffrey Yohalem | 1983 | American video game designer |
145 | Jeffrey W. Talley | 1959 | American general |
146 | Jeffrey Hunt | 1973 | American television director |
147 | Jeffrey John | 1953 | Dean of St Albans; Bishop-designate of Reading; British Anglican priest |
148 | Jeffrey Robinson | 1945 | American journalist |
149 | Jeffrey Parazzo | 1978 | Canadian actor |
150 | Jeffrey Wammes | 1987 | Dutch gymnast |
151 | Jeffrey Chodorow | 1950 | American restauranteur and financier |
152 | Jeffrey Saad | Television chef | |
153 | Jeffrey W. Ubben | ||
154 | Jeffrey Delisle | 1971 | Russian spy |
155 | John Jeffrey | 1959 | Scottish rugby union player |
156 | Jeffrey Hammonds | 1971 | American baseball player |
157 | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | 1960 | American film director and screenwriter |
158 | Jeffrey de Graaf | 1990 | Dutch darts player |
159 | Jeffrey Young | 1950 | American psychologist |
160 | Jeffrey Gaines | American musician | |
161 | Jeffrey S. Lehman | 1956 | American legal scholar |
162 | Jeffrey Burton Russell | 1934 | American historian |
163 | Jeffrey J. Rothschild | ||
164 | Jeffrey Herf | 1947 | American historian |
165 | Jeffrey L. Gurian | 1956 | American comedian |
166 | Jeffrey Stone | 1926 | American actor |
167 | Jeffrey Kollman | American musician | |
168 | Jeffrey St. Clair | 1959 | American journalist |
169 | Jeffrey Hatcher | 1958 | American writer |
170 | Jeffrey Quill | 1913 | British test pilot |
171 | Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter | 1946 | Actor |
172 | Jeffrey Mylett | 1949 | American actor |
173 | Grant Jeffrey | 1948 | Christian writer |
174 | Jeffrey Otoo | 1998 | Ghanaian football forward |
175 | Jeffrey Vandersay | 1990 | Sri Lankan cricketer |
176 | Dustin Jeffrey | 1988 | Canadian ice hockey player |
177 | Jeffrey R. Howard | 1955 | American judge |
178 | Jeffrey Lieberman | 1948 | American psychiatrist |
179 | Jeffrey M. Friedman | 1954 | Physician scientist studying the genetic mechanisms that regulate body weight. |
180 | Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey | 1773 | British politician |
181 | Jeffrey Ford | 1955 | American author |
182 | Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow | 1934 | British Baron |
183 | Jeffrey Alan Gray | 1934 | British psychologist |
184 | Jeffrey Julmis | 1987 | A Haitian sprinter |
185 | Jeffrey Scott Flier | 1948 | American physician |
186 | Jeffrey W. Hayzlett | 2013 | American businessman |
187 | Linda Jeffrey | 1958 | Canadian politician |
188 | Jeffrey Scaperrotta | 1993 | Actor |
189 | Jeffrey Segal | 1920 | British actor |
190 | David Jeffrey | 1962 | Footballer |
191 | Jeffrey Montgomery | 1953 | American LGBT rights activist and public relations executive |
192 | Jeffrey M. Drazen | Physician and journal editor | |
193 | Jeffrey Lorberbaum | 1954 | American billionaiire |
194 | Jeffrey Carney | 1963 | Former U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist convicted of spying |
195 | Jeffrey Davies | 1967 | American musician |
196 | Jeffrey Shaw | 1944 | Australian academic |
197 | Anthony Jeffrey | 1994 | Professional footballer |
198 | Jeffrey Carr | American cybersecurity analyst | |
199 | Jeffrey Satinover | 1947 | American physicist |
200 | Jeffrey Miron | 1957 | American economist |