Jeffry

Where Jeffry comes from

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

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1766
    Jeffry Wyatville born
    English architect and garden designer
  2. 1919
    First appearance
    #3,736 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1956
    Peak, #316
    553 babies named Jeffry — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #533.
  5. 1989
    Jeffry Romero born
    cyclist
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Jeffrey.
Namesakes
  • Jeffry Wyatville · English architect and garden designer, 1766–1840
  • Jeffry Romero · cyclist, born 1989
  • Jeffry Picower · Investor, lawyer, 1942–2009
  • Jeffry Puriel · Dutch association football player, born 2002
  • Jeffry A. Frieden · political scientist, born 1953

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.