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Geoff - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Geoff

[ 1 syll. geo-(f)(f), ge-off ] The boy name Geoff is pronounced as JHEHF KEY. Geoff is mainly used in English and it is of Germanic origin. Geoff is a short form of the English and German name Geoffrey.

Geoff is uncommon as a baby boy name. At the height of its usage in 1969, 0.003% of baby boys were named Geoff. It had a ranking of #981 then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then, and is today used on a very modest scale. Within all boy names in its family, Geoff was nevertheless the most widely used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Geoff include the English Geof, the English Jeff, the English Gibb, the Italian Giove, the Dutch Jaap, the English Jepp, the Scandinavian Jeppe, the Dutch and English Job, the English Jobe, the English Joesph, the Dutch Joop, the Dutch Jop, the English Jove, the German Jupp, the Scottish Gibby, the Italian Giussepe, the Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian Jacob, the Hungarian Jakab, the English Jakeb, and the Russian Jakiv.

KEY: Pronunciation for Geoff: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)"


 
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