Geoff

A diminutive of the male given name Geoffrey.

Proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Geoffrey.
    • 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...
    • 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. - 2015 August 27, Sue Grafton, X, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:

Origin

Clipping of Geoffrey.

Related

Jeff