Where does “Jeff” come from?

Jeff (English) comes from English Jeffrey, from English Geoffrey, from Middle English Geffrey, from Old French Geoffroi, from Medieval Latin Jotfredus.

Jeff (English): To play or gamble with em quads, throwing them as dice

Definitions

  1. To play or gamble with em quads, throwing them as dice

Ancestry of “Jeff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishJeffreythe usual U.S. spelling of Geoffrey. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century
2EnglishGeoffrey—
3Middle EnglishGeffreyGeoffrey
4Old FrenchGeoffroi—
5Medieval LatinJotfredus—

Words derived from “Jeff”

Every word from Medieval Latin Jotfredus →