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Jeffery

“Variant of Geoffrey — god peace (from Germanic *guda 'god' + *frithuz 'peace')” — Germanic origin

Boy's name · #1554 in the US (2025) · Retro

Jeffery has appeared in US records since 1894 — best rank #42 (1966) · 230,549 babies named Jeffery all-time · 1 in 17,000 boys born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jefferys

• Jeffery Deaver — American novelist, journalist, lawyer
• Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst — British Army officer (1717–1797)
• Jeffery Taylor — Swedish-American basketball player
• Jeffery Xiong — American chess player
• Jeffery Gibson — Bahamian hurdler

What Jefferys become

Among 153 notable people named Jeffery:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jeffery W. Kelly, American chemist.

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