Jeffrey: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced JEF-ree · 2 syllables

Jeffrey means “peace, sanctuary”, from Germanic.

Variant of Geoffrey.

How popular is Jeffrey?

Jeffrey was the #552 name in the US in 2025, given to 544 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 55% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Babies named Jeffrey in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1960).

Half of US adults named Jeffrey are older than 56; most are between 30 and 73. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Jeffrey have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Jeffrey means “peace, sanctuary”. It comes from Germanic.

Jeffrey is pronounced JEF-ree.

Jeffrey was the #552 name in the US in 2025, given to 544 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 55% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Half of US adults named Jeffrey are older than 56. Most are between 30 and 73.