| Jeffrey Origin: English Meaning: "God's peace." Other forms are Godfrey, Geoffrey. Idealistic, retiring, sincere. Often impatient, especially with women. Is more sensitive than he appears. This name was introduced to England by the Normans, where it became common among the nobility. Famous literary bearers of this name include the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth and the 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of 'The Canterbury Tales'. Nero Origin: Ancient Roam Meaning: Roman cognomen, which is of unknown meaning, which was borne most infamously by a deranged Roman emperor of the 1st century. Hardy Origin: German Meaning: From a Norman surname which meant "brave, hardy" in Germanic. |