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 [ 2 syll. jef-frey, je-ffr-ey ] The boy name Jeffrey is pronounced JHEHFRiy KEY. Jeffrey is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in the English language. Jeffrey is a widely used name; it has 27 variants that are used in both English and foreign languages. Variants of Jeffrey used in English include Fred (also used in Polish and Dutch), Jefferey, Jeffery, and Jeffry. The short form Jeff, and the pet form Jeffy are other English variants. Foreign variants of Jeffrey include Bogomir (Slavic), Fredo (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Frici (Hungarian), Friedl (German), Geoffroi (French), Geoffroy (French), Geofredo (Italian), Geofri (Romanian), Giotto (Italian), Godofredo (Spanish), Godoired (Romanian), Gofredo (Spanish), Gotfrid (Russian), Gotfryd (Polish), Gottfrid (Hungarian), Gottfried (German), Jeoffroi (French), Sheary (Irish), Sheron (Irish), and Sieffre (Welsh). In addition, Jeffrey is an English variant spelling of Geoffrey (English and German). See also the related form, Jefferson (English). Jeffrey is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1930s up to the 1960s; before that, it was of only very modest use. At the height of its usage in 1966, 1.661% of baby boys were given the name Jeffrey. Its ranking then was #9. The baby name has since experienced a marked decline in popularity. In 2008, it ranked at #198 with a usage of 0.092%, but it was nonetheless the most popular within all boy names in its group. Jeffrey was more regularly used than the next most popular name, Jeffery (English), by 4 times in 2008. Jeffrey has predominantly been a boy name, although in the past century it has also been used for girls. Jeffrey as a boy name outnumbered its use as girl name by 206 times in 1970. Baby names that sound like Jeffrey include Jeffree (English), Jeffrie (English), Jeffry (English), Jefry (English), Geoffrey (English and German), Geofri (Romanian), Jabbar (Arabic and Indian), Jabir (Arabic), Jafar (Arabic and Urdu), Jasper (Dutch, English, French, and German), Jesper (Scandinavian), Gibor, Jabari (English), Jabr (Arabic), Jefery (English), Jefferey (English), Jeffery (English), Jeoffroi (French), Geoffroi (French), and Geoffroy (French). Details of famous persons named Jeffrey: KEY: Pronunciation for Jeffrey: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
