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Jeff

boy name · Germanic origin · 1 syllable

Meaning

diminutive of Jeffrey, peace of the district

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1960s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jeff peaked in the 1960s.

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