Baby name
Jeffery
/JEF · er · ee/
Meaning
“Divine peace”
Variant spelling of Jeffrey, from Germanic elements meaning 'divine peace'; the -ey ending is less common than the standard Jeffrey.
How it ages.
The variant spelling ages slightly worse than Jeffrey - same mid-century feel.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1950s-1980s; rare for newborns.