Meaning and Origin of the Name Jeff

The name Jeff is a short form of the name Jeffrey and it’s a common English given name. Geoffrey is a variant form of the name Jeffrey.

Geoffrey originates from a Middle French variant of Godfrey which is composed of the two words of ‘God’ and ‘peace’.

Popularity

In 2017, Jeff was not in the top 100 baby boys’ names in England. However, there are 47,580 people in the United States called Jeff. There were 1, 035 people named Jeff Johnson, 109 others called Jeff Matthews and 463 people known as Jeffrey Miles and 33 names are Jeff Stevenson.

The popularity of Jeff is rising and has become one of the most commonly used boys names in America. The meaning of Jeff is used widely in many different ways, but the origin of Jeff comes from roots in the German language.

Famous People Called Jeff

The name Jeff has been used by many profound people including the following people:

• Jeff Bezos the founder of Amazon,
• the Hollywood actors Jeff Goldblum and Jeff Cohen and
• Jeff Sessions , the Former United States of America Attorney General.

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