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Geoffrey

Gender
Boy
Say it
JEF-ree
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys
US rank, 2025
#3,582 for boys

Geoffrey is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).

What does Geoffrey mean?

Germanic: Germanic, via Norman French

Norman name from Germanic elements, the second meaning peace; borne by Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Geoffrey a girl's or a boy's name?

Geoffrey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Geoffrey in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,511th among boys
Babies in 2025
9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 49% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Geoffrey, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 33 boys.

Half of all the boys named Geoffrey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were given Geoffrey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,108, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#58), 1914 (#55), 1924 (#36), 1934 (#33), 1944 (#25), 1954 (#28) and 1964 (#63).

1996Busiest: 33 in 19982025
Geoffrey in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
20249#2,515
20234#4,335
202213#1,886
202113#1,876
202015#1,657
201911#2,102
201817#1,555
201716#1,649
201621#1,347
201514#1,779
201418#1,454
201311#2,033
201216#1,622
201114#1,697
201018#1,452
200915#1,582
20087#2,616
20078#2,337
200617#1,302
200510#1,814
200416#1,239
200318#1,081
200221#918
200116#1,054
200023#812
199913#1,142
199833#605
199726#690
199629#615

How popular is Geoffrey in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,582nd among boys
Babies in 2025
31 about 1 in 55,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Geoffrey, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,688th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 1,395 boys. It first appears in the records in 1895.

2025 had fewer boys named Geoffrey than any year since 1935.

Half of all the boys named Geoffrey in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 596 boys in the US were given Geoffrey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #505, up from #3,582 for this spelling alone.

1895Busiest: 1,395 in 19752025
Geoffrey in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202531#3,582
202440#3,044
202353#2,509
202248#2,715
202140#3,020
202046#2,688
201955#2,420
201870#2,045
201776#1,897
201680#1,863
201581#1,826
201497#1,608
2013104#1,537
2012120#1,391
2011115#1,429
2010103#1,552
2009150#1,202
2008116#1,436
2007153#1,157
2006170#1,054
2005174#989
2004209#848
2003236#754
2002240#732
2001269#674
2000278#651
1999280#634
1998367#545
1997375#533
1996416#502
1995536#425
1994612#381
1993670#351
1992845#313
1991972#274
19901,098#249
19891,208#224
19881,231#213
19871,305#198
19861,263#199
19851,322#191
19841,324#189
19831,320#189
19821,289#194
19811,245#198
19801,222#200
19791,263#191
19781,271#185
19771,263#185
19761,297#178
19751,395#167
19741,179#191
1973977#224
19721,052#211
19711,196#203
19701,286#201
19691,138#214
1968947#232
1967882#236
1966838#249
1965866#253
1964846#264
1963822#267
1962793#273
1961824#274
1960799#281
1959734#290
1958774#274
1957747#276
1956793#259
1955710#265
1954670#273
1953668#269
1952624#276
1951565#288
1950614#264
1949588#277
1948584#278
1947578#286
1946458#303
1945321#334
1944279#358
1943300#353
1942235#394
1941223#384
1940148#476
193988#621
193869#736
193751#858
193643#940
193526#1,326
193430#1,213
193339#1,028
193225#1,387
193131#1,239
193030#1,299
192920#1,672
192819#1,760
192725#1,516
192617#1,911
192522#1,628
192420#1,776
192322#1,643
192212#2,485
192123#1,588
192020#1,747
191923#1,530
191824#1,498
191718#1,754
19169#2,729
191518#1,659
191412#1,867
191317#1,256
19127#2,044
19115#1,739
19105#1,588
19090–
19088#1,021
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19035#1,129
19020–
19010–
19005#1,309
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18955#1,078

Nicknames for Geoffrey

Names like Geoffrey

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Robin, Michael, Patrick, Billy, David, Robert, Bobby, Daniel, William, Reggie, Toby, Eric

Other spellings of Geoffrey

Jeffrey, Jeffry, Jefry

Names related to Geoffrey

Geoffery

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Geoffrey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/geoffrey, updated 20 October 2026.