Definition of "Jeffrey"

Jeffrey

/ˈd͡ʒɛfɹi/

proper noun
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.
  Quotations
  - - - 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 recommend a name change for Jeffrey Ewalt from Jeffrey to Lucifer.
  2005, Harvella Jones, The Texas Homestead Hoax, Trafford Publishing, page 59
2. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Geoffrey.
  Quotations
  Health to great [Francis] Jeffrey! Heaven preserve his lifeTo flourish on the fertile shores of FifeAnd guard it sacred in the future warsSince authors sometimes seek the field of Mars!
  1809, George Gordon Byron, English Bards and Scotch reviewers:A Satire