Geffrey

Geffrey

1. A male given name, a medieval spelling of Geoffrey, rarely used today.
   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:

     That Geffrey was thy elder brother born,

     And this his son; England was Geffrey's right,

     And this is Geffrey's.

• Geoffrey, Jeffrey, Geffray, Gefray, Gefrey, Geffrei, Gefrei, Gaffrey, Jaffrey

from Old French Geoffroi, Geoffrei, Gefrei, from Medieval Latin Jotfredus, Jozsfredus, Josfredus; from Proto-Germanic *Gautafriþuz or *Gudafriþuz.

• IPA^(key): /dʒɛˈfrɛi̯/

Geffrey

1. A male given name; Geoffrey.
2. A male surname​.

• English: Geoffrey
• Scots: Geoffrey