Geoffery

Where Geoffery comes from

The dictionaries list Geoffery as a given name — a male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Geoffrey — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1942
    First appearance
    #3,560 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Peak, #1,283
    58 babies named Geoffery — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,697.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Geoffrey.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.