Jeffrey

Proper noun

Jeffrey

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, the usual U.S. spelling of Geoffrey. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
   • - - - you should also be able to sue your association's attorney when they step over the line as Attorney Jeffrey Ewalt did. Oh, my gosh! Even as I say his name Jeffrey, Jeffrey. Jeffrey is a name assigned to little boys with small toys. A cute innocent little boy that would do no harm to anyone. I...2005, Harvella Jones, The Texas Homestead Hoax, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 59
   • A woman who testified Tuesday in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell said she met the close confidante of Jeffrey Epstein and the billionaire businessman when she was 14 and eating ice cream with friends at a camp where he was a benefactor.2021 November 30, Lauren del Valle, Steve Almas, “Woman testifies Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein started sexually abusing her when she was 14”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2022
2. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Geoffrey.
   • Health to great [Francis] Jeffrey! Heaven preserve his life
     To flourish on the fertile shores of Fife
     And guard it sacred in the future wars
     Since authors sometimes seek the field of Mars!1809, George Gordon Byron, English Bards and Scotch reviewers:A Satire