Geoff

English

Etymology

Clipping of Geoffrey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɛf/
• Homophone: Jeff
• Rhymes: -ɛf

Proper noun

Geoff

1. A diminutive of the male given name Geoffrey.
   • 2012 April 17, P.D. James, Innocent Blood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 41:

     He had become increasingly petty, irritated by details, by the diminishing, for example, of their forenames—Bill, Bert, Mike, Geoff, Steve. He wanted to inquire peevishly if a commitment to Marxism was incompatible with a disyllabic forename.

   • 2015 August 27, Sue Grafton, X, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:

     The place in Malibu belongs to my husband, Geoff. He's a G-E-O-F-F Geoff, not the J-E-F-F kind.

See also

• Jeff