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Geoffrey (name) Geoffrey is an English and French masculine given name. It is generally considered the Anglo-Norman form of the Germanic compound 'god' and 'peace'. It is a derivative of Dutch Godfried, German Gottfried and Old English Gotfrith and Godfr ...
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Geoffroy (surname) Geoffroy is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include: * Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy (1601–1675), French composer * Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694), French harpsichordist and organist * Étienne François Geoffroy (1672–1731), Fre ...
, including a list of people with the name * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the major figures in the development of British history * Geoffrey I of Anjou (died 987) *
Geoffrey II of Anjou Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the ...
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Geoffrey III of Anjou Geoffrey III of Anjou (in French ''Geoffroy III d' Anjou'') (c. 1040–1096), called ''le Barbu'' ("the Bearded"), was the Count of Anjou 1060–68. Early life Geoffrey, born , was the eldest son of Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais and Ermenga ...
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Geoffrey IV of Anjou Geoffrey IV (1070/75 – 19 May 1106), called Martel (the Hammer), was Count of Anjou from 1103 until his early death, either co-ruling with his father, Fulk IV, or in opposition to him. He was popular with the Church and grew a reputation for cur ...
(died 1106) * Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (1113–1151), father of King Henry II of England * Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158–1186), one of Henry II's sons *
Geoffrey, Archbishop of York Geoffrey ( – 12 December 1212) was an illegitimate son of King Henry II of England who became bishop-elect of Lincoln and archbishop of York. The identity of his mother is uncertain, but she may have been named Ykenai. Geoffrey held s ...
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Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois was a 12th-century French chronicler, trained at the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Martial of Limoges, the site of a great early library. Geoffroy became abbot at Vigeois (1170–1184) where he composed his ''Chroniques ...
, 12th century French chronicler *
Geoffroy de Charney Geoffroi de Charney,The first name was sometimes spelled Geoffrey, surname sometimes spelled de Charnay and de Charny. also known as Guy d'Auvergne, (died 11 or 18 March 1314) was preceptor of Normandy for the Knights Templar. In 1307 de Charny ...
(died 1314), Preceptor of the Knights Templar *
Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry Geoffrey IV de la Tour Landry (before 1330-between 1402 and 1406)Anne Marie De Gendt, ''L'art d'éduquer les nobles damoiselles : le Livre du Chevalier de la Tour Landry'', Paris : Honoré Champion, 2003. was a nobleman of Anjou who fought in th ...
(c. 1320–1391), French nobleman and writer * Geoffrey the Baker (died c. 1360), English historian and chronicler *
Geoffroy (musician) Geoffroy Sauvé (born 9 December 1987), most popularly known by his stage name Geoffroy, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.   After debuting in 2015 with the ''Soaked In Gold'' EP, he signed to Quebec, Canada based recor ...
(born 1987), Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist


Fictional characters

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Geoffrey the Giraffe Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the ...
, the Toys "R" Us mascot * Geoff, a character from the cartoon series ''
Total Drama ''Total Drama'' (often shortened as ''TD'') is a Canadian animated television series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis that premiered on Teletoon in Canada on July 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. on June 5, 2008. The s ...
'' * Geoff, Mark Corrigon's romantic rival on '' Peep Show''


Other uses

* Geoff (Greyhawk), a fictional land in the World of Greyhawk ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign setting


See also

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Geof Geof is a male given name. Notable people with this name include: * Geof Courtenay (1921–1980), English cricket player * Geof Darrow (born 1955), American comic book artist * Geof Gleeson (1927–1994), British judoka * Geof Isherwood Geof I ...
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Gofraid is an Irish masculine given name, arising in the Old Irish and Middle Irish/Middle Gaelic languages, as , and later partially Anglicised as Goffraid. ' corresponds to the Old Norse ', cognate with Gottfried or ', and Galfrid or '. ''Gofraid''/ ...
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Godfrey (name) Godfrey is a given name and an English surname. The given name is derived from the Old French ''Godefroy'', a name composed of the elements: the first being either ''god'' ("god") or ''gōd'' ("good"); the second being ''fred'' ("peace"). The name w ...
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Gottfried Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century. The name is composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with ) a ...
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Godefroy (disambiguation) Godefroy, a surname of Old French origin, and originally a given name, cognate with Geoffrey/Geoffroy/Jeffrey/Jeffries, Godfrey, Gottfried, etc. Godefroy may refer to: People Given name * Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades (1607–1686), French diplomat a ...
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Goffredo Goffredo is an Italian given name, cognate with Godfrey, Gottfried, Galfrid, etc. Notable people with the name include: * Goffredo Alessandrini (1904–1978), Italian script writer and film director * Goffredo Baur, Italian cross country skier who ...
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Jeffery (name) Jeffery is a given name or a surname. As a surname, it is a Cornish variant of the more commonly spelled given name Jeffrey. It may refer to: Surname * Aaron Jeffery (born 1970), New Zealand-born actor * Alshon Jeffery (born 1990), American foot ...
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Jeffrey (name) Jeffrey is a common English given name, and a variant form of the name Geoffrey (itself from a Middle French variant of Godfrey, Gottfried). It has been argued that the common derivation of Middle French ''Geoffrey (or Geoffroy), Jeffery'' fro ...
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Jeffries Jeffries is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Jeffries (b. 1976), American actor * Ben Jeffries (b. 1980), Australian rugby league footballer * Bill Jeffries (b. 1945), former New Zealand politician * Charles Jeffries (18 ...
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Jeffreys Jeffreys is a surname, which may refer to: People: (See also the common variants Jeffries and Jefferies) * Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), British biologist and discoverer of DNA fingerprinting * Anne Jeffreys (1923–2017), American actress and sin ...
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Jeffers Jeffers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Jeffers, American author * Alexis Jeffers (born 1968), St. Kitts and Nevis politician * Anne Burton Jeffers (1851 - 1946), American librarian * Audrey Jeffers (1898–1968), T ...
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Jeoffry (cat) ''Jubilate Agno'' (Latin: "Rejoice in the Lamb") is a religious poem by Christopher Smart, and was written between 1759 and 1763, during Smart's confinement for insanity in St. Luke's Hospital, Bethnal Green, London. The poem was first publis ...
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Jeff Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form ( hypocorism) of the English given name Jefferson or Jeffrey, which comes from a medieval variant of Geoffrey. Music * DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes ...
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