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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. [1]

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References

  1. Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jeff". Behind the Name.