Geoffrey

American  

[jef-ree] / ˈdʒɛf ri /

noun

1. a male given name: from Germanic, meaning “divine peace.”

---

Example Sentences

Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning “godfather of AI,” warns there is a real chance AI could wipe out humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Geoffrey McQuilkin, executive director of the nonprofit Mono Lake Committee, urged the state water board to act, saying in three decades DWP “has shown that it will not restore this national treasure voluntarily.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Sir Geoffrey said: "Both government and the BBC should seriously think about how the World Service's influence can be bolstered around the world, rather than risk its reach withering by degrees year on year."

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

In fact, the bulk of this novel is devoted to earthly concerns—Iris’s deepening relationship with Geoffrey and, incongruously, her career aspirations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

This boy is called Geoffrey Atte-Water, because he lives by the River Fleet and tends the conduit there with his father.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli