| Home > Jefferson |
♂ Jefferson
What does Jefferson mean?
Jefferson 
as a boys' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Jefferson is "son of Jeffrey". Surname. Jefferson Davis, born in 1808, was president of the Confederancy. Also form of Jeffrey.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, surname
Variations
VARIANTS Jeff▼, Jeffers, Jeffersson, Jeffey, Jeffie
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jefferson Phillip (J.P.), ..
How popular is Jefferson?
Jefferson is a somewhat prominent first name for males (#662 out of 1220, Top 54%) and an even more prominent last name for all people (#594 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Jefferson reached its highest rank of #288 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is at #680 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Jefferson (#680 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) listed in the Top 2000 are Jeff, Jeffie and Jeffrey (#331). These forms of Jefferson were favored by parents 6 decades ago (AVERAGE #654) and have become much less conventional since (#1252, DOWN 96%), with versions like Jeffrey becoming less fashionable.
Similar Names
Jefferson is pronounced similarly to Jepherson. Other recommended sound-alike names are Anderson▲, Bergeron, Emerson▲, Gerson, Henderson▼, Jameson▲, Jamieson, Jefery, Jefferey, Jefferies, Jeffery▼, Jefford, Jeffree, Jeffrie, Jeffries, Jeffry▼, Jenson, Jensson, Jeoffroi, Jeoffroy, Jephers, Jeron, Jerron, Joffroy, Leeron, Oeberon, Paterson, Patterson, Pearson, Person, Peterson, Pierson, Saffron and Sanderson. These names tend to be less frequently used than Jefferson.
See names in meaning and etymology.[Top]