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Jeffrey Van Den Berg
Jeffrey may refer to: * Jeffrey (name), including a list of people with the name *Jeffrey's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada *Jeffrey City, Wyoming, United States *Jeffrey Street, Sydney, Australia *Jeffreys Bay, Western Cape, South Africa Art and entertainment * Jeffrey (play), ''Jeffrey'' (play), a 1992 off-Broadway play by Paul Rudnick * Jeffrey (1995 film), ''Jeffrey'' (1995 film), a 1995 film by Paul Rudnick, based on Rudnick's play of the same name *Jeffrey (2016 film), ''Jeffrey'' (2016 film), a 2016 Dominican Republic documentary film *Jeffrey's sketch, a sketch on American TV show ''Saturday Night Live'' *''Nurse Jeffrey'', a spin-off miniseries from the American medical drama series ''House, MD'' People with the surname * Alexander Jeffrey (1806–1874), Scottish solicitor and historian * Carol Jeffrey (1898–1998), English psychotherapist, writer *Charles Jeffrey (footballer) (died 1915), Scottish footballer *E. C. Jeffrey (1866–1952), Canadian-American botanist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey (name)
Jeffrey is a common English language, English given name, and a variant form of the name Geoffrey (given name), Geoffrey (itself from a Middle French variant of Godfrey (name), Godfrey, Gottfried). It has been argued that the common derivation of Middle French ''Geoffrey (or Geoffrey (given name)#Etymology, Geoffroy), Jeffery'' from ''Godfrey (name), Godfrey'' is mistaken, and that the names reflect two separate first Germanic name, Germanic elements ''god'' vs. ''gaut'', which became conflated in Old High German by the end of the early medieval period.Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet. p. 287b - 288a - 296ab. Outside of North America, ''Geoffrey'' is more common than ''Jeffrey''. Jeffrey and its variants are found as surnames, usually as a patronymic ending in -s (e.g., Jefferies, Jaffrays); The surname Jefferson (surname), Jefferson is also a patronymic version of the given name. In Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |