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Jeffrey is a common English given name and, a variant form of the name Geoffrey (itself from a Middle French variant of Godfrey, Gottfried).〔(Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Geoffrey )〕 It is most commonly spelled as ''Jeffrey'', or with one ''f'' as in ''Jefrey''. It has been argued (Dauzat 1980) that the common derivation of Middle French ''Geoffrey, Jeffrey'' from ''Godfrey'' is mistaken, and that the names reflect to separate first Germanic elements ''god'' vs. ''gaut'', which became conflated in Old High German by the end of the early medieval period.〔Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 287b - 288a - 296ab.〕 The three-syllable alternative spelling ''Jeffery'' (pronounced "jef-fer-ree") is sometimes used as a variant given name. Outside of North America, ''Geoffrey'' is more common than ''Jeffrey''. Jeffrey and its variants are found as surnames, usually as a patronymic ending in -s (e.g., Jefferies, Jaffrays). In Scotland, Jeffrey is most frequently found to be a surname. Variations include Jeff, Jeffry, Jeffy, Jeffery, Geoff, Geoffrey, Jeffeory, Geffrey, Jefferson, and Jeffro. ==People with the name Jeffrey== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeffrey (given name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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