Overview
people
Sample Size
11,232
Gender Distribution
Male:
98.8%
Female:
1.2%
Origin and Meaning
Origin
Germanic
Meaning
Geoffrey is of Germanic origin and means 'peaceful journey'. It was popularized by Geoffrey of Monmouth, a medieval Welsh historian and writer, who featured King Arthur in his work 'Historia Regum Britanniae', which was widely popular in European literature and helped spread the name's popularity throughout England and Belgium.
Geographic Distribution
This name appears in the following countries, sorted by popularity:
FR
5,522 samples
98%
US
1,478 samples
100%
BE
1,226 samples
99%
KE
719 samples
99%
GB
561 samples
97%
UG
197 samples
98%
AU
169 samples
100%
CA
162 samples
100%
NL
142 samples
99%
NG
95 samples
100%
ZA
92 samples
99%
TZ
59 samples
100%
ZM
59 samples
100%
PH
48 samples
100%
DE
43 samples
100%
GH
35 samples
100%
CN
31 samples
100%
MW
30 samples
100%
HK
26 samples
100%
IN
25 samples
100%
+ 34 more countries
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