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Geoffrey is a French and English masculine given name. It is the Anglo-Norman form of the German name Gottfried. It was introduced to Norman England alongside the form Godfrey. It was also anglicized as Jeffrey from an early time.Popularity of the name declined after the medieval period, but it was revived in the 20th century. Modern hypocorisms include Geoff, Jeff or Geof.Jeffrey and its variants are found as surnames, usually as a patronymic ending in-s (e.g. Jefferies, Jaffrays); The surname Jefferson is also a patronymic version of the given name.t is the Anglo-Norman form of the German name Gottfried. It was introduced to Norman England alongside the form Godfrey. It was also anglicized as Jeffrey from an early time. Popularity of the name declined after the medieval period, but it was revived in the 20th century.
However some people were just given their father's name as a surname like Arnold, Henry, Howard or Thomas. Fitz is a corruption of the Norman-French 'fils de' (son of). The ending 'cock' meant young man. So we have Hitchcock (Hitch was a pet name for Richard).he origin of the surnames Orchard and Pond are obvious. The surnames Wick, Wicke, Wickes and Wicks all come from the old word wick, which meant a specialized farm. So does Whicker (dweller at the wick). The old English word atten (meaning at the) has given us the surname Attenborough.