Baby name

FADING BOY · GERMANIC-ENGLISH
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Jeffery

/JEF · er · ee/


“Divine peace”

Variant spelling of Jeffrey, from Germanic elements meaning 'divine peace'; the -ey ending is less common than the standard Jeffrey.

jeff

gentle

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.