Jeffrey vs Geoffrey - What's the difference?
jeffrey | geoffrey |
, the usual U.S. spelling of Geoffrey. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
derived from Geoffrey.
. Popular in the U.K. in the 20th century.
* 1879 Mary Elizabeth Shipley: Looking Back . page 98:
* 1996 Mary Higgins Clark: Let me Call You Sweetheart . ISBN 0671568175 page 207:
* 2011 , Lasting Damage , Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 978 0340980651, pages 77-78:
Geoffrey is a alternative form of jeffrey.
As proper nouns the difference between jeffrey and geoffrey
is that jeffrey is a given name derived from Germanic, the usual U.S. spelling of Geoffrey. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century while Geoffrey is a given name derived from Germanic. Popular in the U.K. in the 20th century.jeffrey
English
(wikipedia Jeffrey)Proper noun
(en proper noun)Quotations
* 1809 , English Bards and Scotch reviewers:A Satire *: Health to great Jeffrey ! Heaven preserve his life *: To flourish on the fertile shores of Fife *: And guard it sacred in the future wars *: Since authors sometimes seek the field of Mars! * 2005 Harvella Jones: The Texas Homestead Hoax . Trafford Publishing 2005. ISBN 1412044588 page 59: *: - - - you should also be able to sue your association's attorney when they step over the line as Attorney Jeffrey' Ewalt did. Oh, my gosh! Even as I say his name '''Jeffrey, Jeffrey. Jeffrey''' is a name assigned to little boys with small toys. A cute innocent little boy that would do no harm to anyone. I recommend a name change for '''Jeffrey''' Ewalt from ' Jeffrey to Lucifer.Anagrams
*geoffrey
English
(wikipedia Geoffrey)Alternative forms
* Jeffrey * Jeffery * (archaic) GeffreyProper noun
(en proper noun)- "Were you not aware mamma had a son as well as three daughters?"
- "Yes, but I didn't know his name. I like Geoffrey ; there's some sound in it."
- Geoff grimaced, then smiled back, reminding himself that when his mother wasn't riding this horse, she was a very interesting woman who had taught medieval literature at Drew University for twenty years. In fact, he had been named Geoffrey because of her great admiration for Chaucer.
- His full name is Benji Duncan Geoffrey' Rigby-Monk. 'You're joking,' Kit said, when I first told him.
' ''Benji''? Not even Benjamin?' Duncan and ' Geoffrey are his two granddads'names ? both unglamorous and old-dufferish, in Kit's view, and not worth inflicting on a new generation ? and Rigby-Monk is a fusion of Fran's surname and Anton's.