Geoffrey
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: Germanic name meaning ‘district peace’ or ‘pledge peace’; used in Ireland since the Norman Invasion
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Geoffrey is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.
- BEBelgium≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 1.3K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kenya (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 516 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 789 (inferred from the name graph)
≈68,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Kenya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Germanic name meaning ‘district peace’ or ‘pledge peace’; used in Ireland since the Norman Invasion.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
How Geoffrey is read(measured from records)
Geoffrey is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English72%
Germanic name meaning ‘district peace’ or ‘pledge peace’; used in Ireland since the Norman Invasion.
as a nameIrish first names
A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the U.K. in the 20th century.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
variant spelling of Jeffrey.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
- French11%
Old French name, from Germanic elements; often linked to 'peace of God'.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Forme dérivée de Godefroy; origine germanique, signifie « paix de Dieu ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Du germanique *gaut* ou *god* + *frid* « paix ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- Swahili6.4%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Geoffrey in Swahili.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Geoffrey counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE Kenya | — | ≈68,000 est. | ≈1 in 789 | — | Geoffrey | 51 |
| US United States | #659 | 45,230 | 1 in 7.4K | 45K | Geoffrey | 516 |
| GB United Kingdom | #215 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | 3 | Geoffrey | 272 |
| FR France | — | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | 28K | Geoffrey | 14 |
| AU Australia | #223 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 75 | Geoffrey | 243 |
| BE Belgium | #333 | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Geoffrey | 129 |
| NZ New Zealand | #186 | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | 10 | Geoffrey | 128 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Geoffrey of Monmouthb. 1100GBHistorian and Bishop of St Asaph, Wales (c.1095–1155)
- Geoffrey IIb. 1158GBEnglish noble, Duke of Brittany jure uxoris
- Geoffrey Chaucerb. 1343GB14th century English poet and author (1343–1400)
- Geoffrey Howeb. 1926GBBritish politician (1926–2015)
- Jeff Beckb. 1944GBnot in their usual nameEnglish guitarist (1944–2023)
- Geoffrey Hintonb. 1947GBBritish-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist
- Tom Wilkinsonb. 1948GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actor (1948–2023)
- Geoffrey Rushb. 1951AUAustralian actor (born 1951)
- Geoffrey Arendb. 1978USAmerican film, television, voice and theater actor
- James Nortonb. 1985GBnot in their usual nameBritish actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 83 sources across 49 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 45K | #965 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2022 | 28K | #2,617 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 1987 | 75 | #97 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 50 | #965 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 1986 | 39 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 31 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1999 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 1999 | 3 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 1997 | 3 | #271 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1996 | 3 | #425 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2017 | 2 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Geoffrey mean, and where does it come from?
- Germanic name meaning ‘district peace’ or ‘pledge peace’; used in Ireland since the Norman Invasion. Recorded by Irish first names.
- What are other forms of the name Geoffrey?
- In the etymology graph, Jeffrey, Jeffery and Jeffry are forms of the same name in other languages; Jeff, Geoff and Jep are recorded short or pet forms.
- Is Geoffrey a male or female name?
- Geoffrey is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Geoffrey have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 68 thousand people named Geoffrey in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled geoffrey.
- How common is the name Geoffrey?
- In the United States, the national register counted 45,230 people named Geoffrey in 2020, about 1 in 7.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Geoffrey compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Geoffrey is the 186th most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/geoffreyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Geoffrey” — the 186th most common given name in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.