Jeffrey (name)
| Jeffrey | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɛfri/ |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | German, English |
| Meaning | "God's peace" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Translation = Seferino (Italian), Ceverino (Cicilian), Godofino (Greek) |
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Jeffrey (
/ˈdʒɛfri/) is a common English given name. It is most commonly spelled as Jeffrey, but sometimes spelled with one f as in Jefrey. The name Geoffrey[1] is the precursor to Jeffrey, and Godfrey[2] in turn a precursor to that, from the German Gottfried[3], meaning "God's peace" or "Divine peace".
In North America, the alternative Jeffery is sometimes used as a 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, Jeffery, Jeffry, Jeffy, Geoff, Geoffrey, Jaffray, Joffrey, Jeffington, Seferino, Sef, Ceverino, Cev, Godofino and Jefferson.
Jeffrey may refer to:
[edit] Academia
- Jeffrey Garten, Juan Trippe professor of international trade and finance at Yale School of Management
- Jeffrey Hackney, legal academic and former Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford
- Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law at George Washington University Law School
- Jeffrey Sachs, professor of economics and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York
[edit] Business
- Jeffrey Cheah, founder of Malaysian conglomerate The Sunway Group
- Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of DreamWorks SKG and CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG
[edit] Crime
- Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer
[edit] Entertainment
- Jeffrey Ching, British contemporary classical composer
- Jeffrey Combs, American character actor best known for his horror film roles
- Jeffrey Daniel, singer and dancer with the soul group Shalamar
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
- Jeffrey Hunter, film and television actor
- Jeffrey Jones, American actor
- Jeffrey Lewis, American musician and comic artist
- Jeffrey Nordling, American actor
- Jeffrey Steele, American singer and songwriter
- Jeffrey Tambor, American actor
[edit] Literature
- Jeffrey Archer, English author and former politician
- Jeffrey Brown, American comic book writer and artist
- Jeffrey Carver, American science fiction author
- Jeffrey Daniels (author), Chicago-raised African American poet, artist, and professor
- Jeffrey Eugenides, American novelist and short story writer of Greek and Irish origins
- Jeffrey Ford, American novelist and story writer
- Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Sanskrit specialist and author who trained as a psychoanalyst in Toronto
- Jeffrey Rowland, a webcomic artist
- Jeffrey Simpson, The Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist
[edit] Military
- Jeffrey Chessani, former lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps
- Jeffrey J. Schloesser, former major general in the U.S. Army
[edit] Sport
- Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
- Jeffrey Lay, Canadian rower
