Jeff

Jeff is a short form of the English given name Jeffrey , which in turn is derived as a medieval variant of Geoffrey . Jeff is primarily used in the United States and Canada.

Name bearer

First name

• Jeff Albert (* 1970), American jazz trombonist
• Jeff Beck (born 1944), British rock guitarist
• Jeff Bezos (* 1964), American entrepreneur and investor
• Jeff Bridges (born 1949), American actor
• Jeff Buckley (1966–1997), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Jeff Capello (born 1964), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jeff Daniels (born 1955), American actor
• Jeff Danna (* 1964), Canadian composer and guitarist
• Jeff Dunham (* 1962), American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian
• Jeff Fahey (born 1952), American actor
• Jeff Goldblum (born 1952), American actor
• Jeff Gross (poker player) (* 1986), American poker player
• Jeff Halper (* 1946), US-Israeli peace activist
• Jeff Hanneman (1964-2013), American guitarist
• Jeff Hanson (1978–2009), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• Jeff Hardy (born 1977), American wrestler
• Jeff Jacques (* 1953), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jeff Kaplan , American game developer
• Jeff Lederer (* 1962), American jazz musician
• Jeff Mills (* 1963), American DJ and musician
• Jeff Nelson (musician, 1963) (* 1963), American jazz trombonist and arranger
• Jeff Olson (* 1966), American ski racer
• Jeff Parker (ice hockey player) ( Jeffrey Lee Parker ; 1964–2017), American ice hockey player
• Jeff Parker (musician) (* 1967), American guitarist
• Jeff Radebe (* 1953), South African politician
• Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (* 1998), French football player
• Jeff Sessions (born 1946), American politician
• Jeff Skinner (* 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jeff Toms (* 1974), Canadian ice hockey player
• Jeff VanderMeer (* 1968), American writer
• Jeff Wadlow (* 1976), American director, screenwriter, film producer and actor
• Jeff Walker (born 1969), British musician
• Jerry Jeff Walker (born 1942), American country singer and songwriter
• Jeff Wall (* 1946), Canadian photo artist
• Jeff Waters (* 1966), Canadian guitarist, boss and producer of the thrash metal band Annihilator
• Jeff Wayne (* 1943), American composer and musician
• Jeff Williams (poker player) (* 1986), American poker player
• Jeff Yagher (born 1961), American actor
• Jeff Zucker (* 1965), President of CNN Worldwide and former CEO of NBC Universal

stage name

• DJ Jazzy Jeff (* 1965), American DJ and music producer

See also:

• Jeff , alternative title to an American melodrama by director Hugo Fregonese (1953), see Wilde Glut

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jeff / Jeffrey on behindthename.com (Engl.)