Jeffrey (name)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
Jeffrey |
|
|---|---|
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Jeffrey |
Jeffrey is a common English name. It is most commonly spelled as Jeffrey, but sometimes spelled with one f as in Jefrey. The name Geoffrey is the precursor to Jeffrey, and Godfrey in turn a precursor to that. In North America, the alternative Jeffery is sometimes used as a name.
Outside of North America, Geoffrey is more commonly used than Jeffrey. Jeffrey and its variants are found as surnames, usually as a patronymic ending in -s (e.g., Jefferies, Jaffrays).
An approximate translation means "God Peace". Variations include Jeff, Jeffery, Geoff, Geoffrey, Jaffray, Jeffington, and Jefferson. Jeffrey may refer to:
In military:
- Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, officer in the British Army
- Jeffrey R. MacDonald, former member of the elite military unit
In literature:
- Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, English author and former politician
- Jeffrey Carver, American science fiction author
- Jeffrey Daniels (author), Chicago-raised African American poet, artist, and professor
- Jeffrey Eugenides, American novelist and short story writer of Greek and Irish origins
- Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Sanskrit specialist and author who trained as a psychoanalyst in Toronto
- Jeffrey Rowland, a webcomic artist
- Jeffrey Shaara, American novelist
- Jeffrey Simpson, The Globe and Mail's national affairs columnist
In television and film:
- Jeffrey Combs, American character actor best known for his horror film roles
- Jeffrey Hunter, film and television actor
- Jeffrey Nordling, American actor
- Jeffrey Tambor, American actor
In other fields:
- Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
- Jeffrey Daniel, singer and dancer with the soul group Shalamar
- Jeffrey Dahmer, notorious American serial killer, necrophile and cannibal
