Where does “Jefferson” come from?

Jefferson derives from English Jeffrey, which comes from Old French Geoffroy, itself from Frankish *Gawafrid meaning "peaceful district" or "district of peace."

Jefferson (English): A two-dollar bill

Definitions

  1. A two-dollar bill

Ancestry of “Jefferson”, step by step

Jefferson traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Sơn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSơn—
2Middle Englishsoneson; soon; Alternative form of sonne
3Old Englishsōnaimmediately, at once
4Proto-West Germanicsān(ō)immediately
5Proto-Germanicsēna—
6Proto-Germanic*sa—
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
8Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via English Jeffrey

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 “Jefferson”

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