Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to:
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Geoffrey (name)
Geoffrey is an English and French masculine given name. It is generally considered the Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman form of the Germanic Compound (linguistics), compound 'god' and 'peace'. It is a derivative of Dutch Godfried, German Go ...
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Geoffroy (surname)
Geoffroy is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
* Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy (1601–1675), French composer
* Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694), French harpsichordist and organist
* Étienne François Geoffroy (1672–1731), Fren ...
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Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth ( la, Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, cy, Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; 1095 – 1155) was a British cleric from Monmouth, Wales and one of the major figures in the development of British historiograph ...
(c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the major figures in the development of British history
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Geoffrey I of Anjou
Geoffrey I of Anjou ( – 21 July 987), known as ("Grey Gown" or "Greymantle"), was count of Anjou from 960 to 987.
Life
Geoffrey was the eldest son of Fulk II, Count of Anjou and his first wife Gerberga. He succeeded his father as Count of Anjo ...
(died 987)
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Geoffrey II of Anjou Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to:
People
* Geoffrey (name), including a list of people with the name
* Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the m ...
(died 1060)
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Geoffrey III of Anjou
Geoffrey III of Anjou (in French ''Geoffroy III d' Anjou'') (c. 1040–1096), called ''le Barbu'' ("the Bearded"), was the Count of Anjou 1060–68.
Early life
Geoffrey, born , was the eldest son of Geoffrey II, Count of Gâtinais and Ermengarde ...
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Geoffrey IV of Anjou (died 1106)
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Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey V (24 August 1113 – 7 September 1151), called the Handsome, the Fair (french: link=no, le Bel) or Plantagenet, was the count of Anjou, Touraine and Maine by inheritance from 1129, and also Duke of Normandy by conquest from 1144. His ...
(1113–1151), father of King Henry II of England
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Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
Geoffrey II ( br, Jafrez; , xno, Geoffroy; 23 September 1158 – 19 August 1186) was Duke of Brittany and 3rd Earl of Richmond between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage to Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Geoffrey was the fourth of five sons ...
(1158–1186), one of Henry II's sons
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Geoffrey, Archbishop of York
Geoffrey ( – 12 December 1212) was an illegitimate son of King Henry II of England who became bishop-elect of Lincoln and archbishop of York. The identity of his mother is uncertain, but she may have been named Ykenai. Geoffrey held s ...
(c. 1152–1212)
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Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois, 12th century French chronicler
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Geoffroy de Charney
Geoffroi de Charney,The first name was sometimes spelled Geoffrey, surname sometimes spelled de Charnay and de Charny. also known as Guy d'Auvergne, (died 11 or 18 March 1314) was preceptor of Normandy for the Knights Templar. In 1307 de Charny ...
(died 1314), Preceptor of the Knights Templar
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Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry (c. 1320–1391), French nobleman and writer
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Geoffrey the Baker
Geoffrey the Baker (died ), also called Walter of Swinbroke, was an English chronicler. He was probably a secular clerk at Swinbrook in Oxfordshire.
He wrote a ''Chronicon Angliae temporibus Edwardi II et Edwardi III'', which deals with the hi ...
(died c. 1360), English historian and chronicler
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Geoffroy (musician) (born 1987), Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Fictional characters
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Geoffrey the Giraffe, the Toys "R" Us mascot
* Geoff, a character from the cartoon series ''
Total Drama
''Total Drama'' (often shortened as ''TD'') is a Canadian animated television series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis that premiered on Teletoon in Canada on July 8, 2007, and on Cartoon Network in the U.S. on June 5, 2008. The ser ...
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* Geoff, Mark Corrigon's romantic rival on ''
Peep Show
A peep show or peepshow is a presentation of a live sex show or pornographic film which is viewed through a viewing slot.
Several historical media provided voyeuristic entertainment through hidden erotic imagery. Before the development of the c ...
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Geoff (Greyhawk)
Greyhawk, also known as the World of Greyhawk, is a fictional world designed as a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game. Although not the first campaign world developed for ''Dungeons & Dragons''— Dave Arnes ...
, a fictional land in the World of Greyhawk ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign setting
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Galfrid Galfrid or Galfred ( Latinised as ' or ') is an Anglo-Norman variant of the name Geoffrey. It derives, like German Gottfried (Latinised as ' or ', Anglicised as Godfrey), from Old High German ', Old French ', and Old Norse ', meaning 'God's peace ...
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Geof Geof is a male given name. Notable people with this name include:
* Geof Courtenay (1921–1980), English cricket player
* Geof Darrow
Geofrey "Geof" Darrow (born October 21, 1955) is an American comic book artist, best known for his work on co ...
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Gofraid/Goraidh
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Godfrey (name)
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Gottfried
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Godefroy (disambiguation)
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Goffredo
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Jeffery (name)
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Jeffrey (name)
Jeffrey is a common English given name, and a variant form of the name Geoffrey (itself from a Middle French variant of Godfrey, Gottfried).
It has been argued that the common derivation of Middle French ''Geoffrey (or Geoffroy), Jeffery'' fr ...
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Jeffries Jeffries is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adam Jeffries (b. 1976), American actor
* Ben Jeffries (b. 1980), Australian rugby league footballer
* Bill Jeffries (b. 1945), former New Zealand politician
* Charles Jeffries (186 ...
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Jeffreys Jeffreys is a surname, which may refer to:
People: (See also the common variants Jeffries and Jefferies)
* Alec Jeffreys (born 1950), British biologist and discoverer of DNA fingerprinting
* Anne Jeffreys (1923–2017), American actress and sing ...
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Jeffers
Jeffers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alex Jeffers, American author
* Alexis Jeffers (born 1968), St. Kitts and Nevis politician
* Anne Burton Jeffers (1851 - 1946), American librarian
* Audrey Jeffers (1898–1968), ...
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Jeoffry (cat)
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Jeff
Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form (hypocorism) of the English given name Jefferson or Jeffrey, which comes from a medieval variant of Geoffrey.
Music
* DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes
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