Jeffie

Jeffie

English

Etymology

From Jeff, Jeffrey or other similar names, +‎ -ie.

Proper noun

Jeffie

1. (uncommon) A male given name
   • 2009, Iris Rainer Dart, Til the Real Thing Comes Along (→ISBN):

     It was true. Especially for Jeffie, her baby. He'd had enough hurt and she had to protect him. [...] Her cousin Mimi's husband the psychiatrist said, "Everyone has his own mourning time. Jeffie will go to school when he's ready."

2. (uncommon) A female given name
   • 1898, Alice Maude Ewell, Miss Stacy's Buryin'-Money, in The Century, page 456:

     [...] her young friend Jeffersonia Davis Lucket. The name was a survival of war-time Confederate zeal, now nearly always mercifully shortened into "Jeffie," as being better suited for the owner. When Jeffie entered, Miss Stacy gave a little start, [...]

   • 1974 March 18, Donald Goddard, An Incredible Evening With Joey Gallo, in New York Magazine:

     [...] getting close enough to him to please Joey's wife, Jeffie, and yet staying at a sufficient distance to avoid compromising himself and his family.

   • 2007, J. Larry Jacobson, A Nest in the Storm (→ISBN), page 216:

     "Of course, honey," said Jeffie. Her words were slurred [...]

Alternative forms

• Jeffi