Geffrey

English

Proper noun

Geffrey

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, a medieval spelling of Geoffrey, rarely used today.
   • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     That Geffrey was thy elder brother born,
     And this his son; England was Geffrey's right,
     And this is Geffrey's.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Geoffrey, Jeffrey, Geffray, Gefray, Gefrey, Geffrei, Gefrei, Gaffrey, Jaffrey

Etymology

from Old French Geoffroi, Geoffrei, Gefrei, from Medieval Latin Jotfredus, Jozsfredus, Josfredus; from Proto-West Germanic *Gautafriþu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛˈfrɛi̯/

Proper noun

Geffrey

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages; Geoffrey
2. a male surname from the Germanic languages

Descendants

• English: Geoffrey
• Scots: Geoffrey