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'''Jeff''' is a masculine name, often a short form ([[hypocorism]]) of the English [[given name]] [[Jefferson (given name)|Jefferson]] or [[Jeffrey (given name)|Jeffrey]], which comes from a [[Middle Ages|medieval]] variant of [[Geoffrey (given name)|Geoffrey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthename.co/name/jeff|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Jeff|first=Mike|last=Campbell|website=Behind the Name}}</ref>

== Music ==
* [[DJ Jazzy Jeff]], American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes
* [[Excision (musician)]], Canadian dubstep producer and DJ Jeff Abel
* [[Jeff Abercrombie]], bassist for American rock band Fuel
* [[Jeff Allen (musician)|Jeff Allen]], English session drummer
* [[Jeff Baxter]], American guitarist for rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers
* [[Jeff Beal]] (born 1963), American composer of music for various media
* [[Jeff Beck]] (1944–2023), English guitarist
* [[Jeff Buckley]] (1966–1997), American singer-songwriter
* [[Jeff Coffin]], saxophonist, bandleader, composer and educator
* [[Jeff Current]], lead singer of American alternative rock band Against All Will
* [[Jeff Fatt]], Australian musician and actor, formerly with the children's band [[The Wiggles]]
* [[Jeff Gillan]], an American journalist
* [[Jeff Graham]], Canadian radio DJ
* [[Jeff Hanneman]] (1964–2013), American guitarist, founding member of the thrash metal band Slayer
* [[Attlas|Jeff Hartford]], Canadian DJ and producer
* [[Jeff Healey]] (1966–2008), Canadian blues-rock guitarist and songwriter 
* [[Jeff Loomis]], lead guitarist for heavy metal band Nevermore
* [[Jeff Lynne]], British singer-songwriter and record producer
* [[Jeff Mangum]], American singer-songwriter and founder of [[Neutral Milk Hotel]]
* [[Jeff Mills]], American techno DJ and producer
* [[Jeff Pilson]] (born 1959), American musician 
* [[Jeff Porcaro]] (1954–1992), American session drummer and member of the rock band Toto
* [[Jeff Scott Soto]], American rock singer of Puerto Rican descent
* [[Jeff Stinco]], Canadian singer-songwriter and lead guitarist for pop-punk band Simple Plan
* [[Jeff Timmons]], American pop singer, producer, and pop group [[98 Degrees]] founding member
* [[Jeff Todd Titon]] (born 1943), professor of music and author
* [[Jeff Tweedy]], American singer-songwriter and founding member of [[Wilco]]
* [[Jeff Waters]], Canadian thrash metal guitarist for band [[Annihilator (band)|Annihilator]]

== Sports ==
* [[Jeff Abbott (baseball)]], American retired professional baseball player
* [[Jeff Abbott (racing driver)]], American professional motorsport drifter
* [[Jeff Adams]], Canadian Paralympian and wheelchair sport world champion
* [[Jeff Adrien]], college basketball player
* [[Jeff Agoos]] (born 1968), retired Swiss-born American soccer defender
* [[Jeff Allam]], British racing driver
* [[Jeff Altenburg]], American professional race car driver
* [[Jeff Andretti]], American race car driver
* [[Jeff Astle]] (1942–2002), English footballer
* [[Jeff Bagwell]], Hall of Fame American baseball player
* [[Jeff Bearden]] (born 1963), American professional wrestler
* [[Jeff Bennett (decathlete)|Jeff Bennett (athlete)]] (born 1948), American decathlete
* [[Jeff Bes]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[Jeff Blake]], American football player
* [[Jeff Burton]], NASCAR racer
* [[Jeff Butler (football manager)]] (1934-2017), English football manager
* [[Jeff Carter]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[Jeff Chandler (boxer)]], boxing champion
* [[Jeffrey Cheung|Jeff Cheung]], American skateboarder and artist
* [[Jeff Cirillo]], retired baseball player
* [[Jeff Clement]], American baseball player
* [[Jeff Cobb]] (born 1982), American professional wrestler
* [[Jeff Coetzee]], South African professional tennis player
* [[Jeff Conine]], retired baseball player
* [[Jeff Curran]] (born 1977), American retired professional mixed martial artist
* [[Jeff Curran (footballer)]] (born 1961), Scottish-born Australian former soccer player
* [[Jeff Elliott]], British decathlete and pole vaulter
* [[Jeff Farmer (wrestler)]] (born 1962), American retired professional wrestler
* [[Jeff Fenech]], boxer
* [[Jeff Ferguson (ice hockey)]] (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey and roller hockey goaltender
* [[Jeff Foster (basketball)]] (born 1977), American basketball player
* [[Jeff Francis]], baseball player
* [[Jeff Francoeur]], baseball player
* [[Jeff Friesen]], NHL player
* [[Jeff Garcia]], American football player
* [[Jeff Gaylord]] (1958–2023), American professional wrestler 
* [[Jeff George]], American football player
* [[Jeff Gladney]] (born 1996), American football player
* [[Jeff Gordon]], NASCAR racer
* [[Jeff Graham]], American football player
* [[Jeff Graham (quarterback)]], American football player
* [[Jeff Green (basketball)]], American professional basketball forward
* [[Jeff Guiel]], Canadian baseball player
* [[Jeff Halliburton]] (born 1949), American former basketball player 
* [[Jeff Halpern]] (born 1976), American NHL hockey player
* [[Jeff Hardy]] (born 1977), American professional wrestler
* [[Jeff Holland]] (born 1997), American football player
* [[Jeff Hopkins]] (born 1964), Welsh football manager
* [[Jeff Hornacek]], American basketball player
* [[Jeff Horton]] American football coach
* [[Jeff Jarrett]], American professional wrestler
* [[Jeff Kent]], baseball player
* [[Jeff Leiding]], American football player
* [[Jeff Leka]], American racing driver
* [[Jeff Lindgren]], American baseball player
* [[Jeff Locke (American football)]], American football player
* [[Jeff Lockie]], American football player
* [[Jeff Loots]], American football player
* [[Jeff Luc]], American football player
* [[Jeff McIntyre]] (born 1954), American football player
* [[Jeff Mills (linebacker)]], American football player
* [[Jeff Newman (baseball)]] (born 1948), American baseball player
* [[Jeff Nielsen]], professional hockey player
* [[Jeff Norton]], National Hockey League player
* [[Jeff Okudah]] (born 1999), American football player
* [[Jeff Otis]], American football player
* [[Jeff Overbaugh]], American football player
* [[Jeff Pain]], American-born, Canadian skeleton racer
* [[3.0 (professional wrestling)]], Canadian professional wrestler Jeff Parker
* [[Jeff Reed (American football)]], American football player
* [[Jeff Reed (baseball)]], retired baseball player
* [[Jeff Salzenstein]] (born 1973), American tennis player
* [[Jeff Samardzija]] (born 1985), Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Jeff Shantz]], National Hockey League player
* [[Jeff Simmons (racing driver)]], American race car driver
* [[Jeff Skinner]], Canadian National Hockey League player
* [[Jeff Speakman]], American actor and martial artist
* [[Jeff Stevenson (rugby league)]] (1932–2007), English rugby league footballer
* [[Jeff Stork]], American volleyball player
* Charles [[Jeff Tesreau]] (1888–1946), American Major League Baseball pitcher
* [[Jeff Thomson]], Australian cricketer
* [[Jeff Van Gundy]], American NBA coach and broadcaster
* [[Jeff Walz]] (born 1971), American basketball coach
* [[Jeff Williams (baseball)]], pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers
* [[Jeff Williams (cyclist)]], British cyclist
* [[Jeff Wilson (American football)]] (born 1995), American football player
* [[Jeff Wiseman]] (born 1950), Australian Paralympic athlete and businessman
* [[Jeff Withey]] (born 1990), American basketball player

== Literature ==
* [[Jeff Abbott]], American suspense novelist
* [[Jeff Kinney]], American game designer, cartoonist, producer, actor, and children's book author
* [[Jeff Koons]], American artist
* [[Jeff Noon]], British novelist, short story writer, and playwright
* [[Jeff Smith (cartoonist)|Jeff Smith]], American cartoonist
* [[Jeff VanderMeer]], American writer
* [[Jeff Weiss]], American playwright, impresario, and actor

== Politics ==
* [[Jeff Adachi]], elected U.S. San Francisco Public Defender, pension reform advocate, and San Francisco mayoral candidate
* [[Jeff Bingaman]], junior U.S. Senator from New Mexico
* [[Jeff Cooling]] (born 1987), Iowa state representative
* [[Jeff Flake]], U.S. Senator from Arizona
* [[Jeff Kennett]], premier of Victoria, Australia
* [[Jeff Kurtz]] (born 1954), Iowa state representative
* [[Jeff Landry]], Governor of Louisiana
* [[Jeff Merkley]], U.S. Senator from Oregon
* [[Jeff Sessions]], United States Attorney General and US Senator
* [[Jeff Truly]] (1861–1946), Mississippi legislator and judge

== Film and television ==
* [[Jeff Alexander]] (1910–1989), American conductor, arranger, and composer of film, radio, and television scores
* [[Jeff Anderson]], American actor
* [[Jeff Bennett]],  American voice actor and singer
* [[Jeff Bergman]], American voice actor
* [[Jeff Bollow]], American writer and director
* [[Jeff Brazier]] (born 1979), English television presenter and reality TV personality
* [[Jeff Bridges]], American actor
* [[Jeff Chandler]] (1918–1961), American film actor
* [[Jeff Cohen (actor)]], American attorney and former child actor who appeared as Chunk in the 1985 movie ''The Goonies''
* [[Jeff Conaway]] (1950–2011), American actor
* [[Jeff Coopwood]], American actor, singer, broadcaster and educator
* [[Jeff Corey]] (1914–2002), American stage and screen actor and director
* [[Jeff Corwin]], American animal and nature conservationist, host of ''[[The Jeff Corwin Experience]]'' and ''[[Corwin's Quest]]''
* [[Jeff Daniels]], American actor
* [[Jeff B. Davis]], American actor, comedian and singer
* [[Jeff Deverett]], Canadian film producer
* [[Jeff Dunham]], American ventriloquist and comedian
* [[Jeff East]], American actor
* [[Jeff Foxworthy]], American comedian and actor
* [[Jeff Garlin]], American comedic actor
* [[Jeff Goldblum]], American film actor
* [[Jeff Hunter]], American film actor
* [[Jeff Hyslop]] (born 1951), Canadian actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, and director
* [[Jeff Katz]], American film producer and studio executive
* [[Jeff Loveness]], American screenwriter and television producer
* [[Jeff Machado case|Jeff Machado]] (died 2023), Brazilian actor
* [[Jeff Maxwell]], American actor
* [[Jeff McCarthy]], American character actor
* [[Jeff "Swampy" Marsh]], American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor
* [[Jeff Osterhage]], American film and television actor
* [[Jeff Probst]], American television personality, host of ''[[Survivor (U.S. TV series)|Survivor]]''
* [[Jeff Stelling]], British sports journalist, sport television presenter and game show host
* [[Jeff Stevenson (comedian)|Jeff Stevenson]] (born 1961), English actor and comedian
* [[Jeff Thisted]], American game show host
* [[Jeff Yagher]], American actor
* [[Jeff York]] (1912–1995), American actor

== Programming ==
* [[Jeff Dean]], a senior fellow at Google and inventor of many of Google's core technologies
* [[Jeff Minter]], British computer/video game designer and programmer
* [[Jeff Moss (hacker)|Jeff Moss]], American hacker, computer and internet security expert

==Other fields==
* [[Jeff Arcuri]] (born 1987 or 1988), American stand-up comedian
* [[Jeff Bezos]], American entrepreneur, industrialist, media proprietor, investor, and the former chief executive officer of Amazon
* [[Jeff Canoy]] (born 1984), Filipino broadcast journalist and documentarian
* [[Jeff Cooper]] (1920–2006), United States Marine and firearms expert
* [[Jeff Erlanger]] (1970–2007), American advocate and activist for disability rights
* [[Jeff Fairburn]], British businessman
* [[Jeff Green (businessman)|Jeff Green]] (born 1977), American billionaire advertising executive
* [[Jeff Hawkins]], founder of Palm Computing and Handspring
* [[Jeff Kaplan]], vice president of Blizzard Entertainment
* [[Jeff Kidder]] (1875–1908), American lawman 
* [[Jeff Kwatinetz]], American entertainment executive
* [[Jeph Jacques]], webcomic maker, ''Questionable Content''
* [[Jeff Kuhn]], physicist and astronomer
* [[Jeff Lemire]] (born 1976), Canadian comic book writer, artist, and television producer
* [[Jeff Luers]], American anarchist, environmental activist, and arsonist
* [[Jeff Nuttall]], British 1960s counter-culture figure
* [[Jeff Remmel]], American mathematician
* [[Jeff S. Shamma]], professor of electrical engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
* [[Jeff Shannon]] (1961–2013), American film critic
* [[Jeff Sigafoos]], New Zealand professor of educational psychology
* [[Jeff Sneider]], American entertainment journalist
* [[Jeff Steele]] (born 1971), American entertainment industry executive
* [[Jeff Weise]] (1988–2005), American mass murderer and spree killer 
* [[Jeff Wooller]], British accountant
* [[Jeff Greason]], American inventor and proponent of space settlement

== Fictional characters ==
* [[Akbar and Jeff|Jeff]], one half of the comic-strip duo Akbar and Jeff of ''Life in Hell''
* Jeff, the main character in the 1980s Canadian children's television program ''[[Today's Special#Cast and characters|Today's Special]]''
* Jeff, the [[alter ego]] of Jenko in the film ''[[22 Jump Street]]''
* Jeff, a character in the 2004 American comedy movie ''[[Connie and Carla#Cast|Connie and Carla]]'' 
* Jeff, best friend of Clarence in the 2014–17 American animated television series ''[[Clarence (American TV series)|Clarence]]''
* Jeff McCallister, a character in the ''[[Home Alone (franchise)|Home Alone franchise]]''
* Jeff, a character in the video game ''[[EarthBound]]''
* Jeff, an enemy in the 2020 VR game ''[[Half-Life: Alyx]]''
* Jeff Albertson, more commonly known as [[Comic Book Guy]], from ''[[The Simpsons]]''
* Jeff Atkins, a character in the Netflix series ''[[13 Reasons Why]]''
* Jeff Bennett, a fictional character of ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]''
* Jeff Boomhauer, from the American television series ''[[King of the Hill]]''
* [[Jeff Colby]], on the American television series ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' and ''[[The Colbys]]''
* Jeff Daly, character in [[Rumor Has It (film)|''Rumor has it...'']], played by [[Mark Ruffalo]]
* Jeff Denlon, a character in the ''[[Saw (franchise)|Saw]]'' franchise
* Jeff Difford, a character in ''[[Young Sheldon]]''
* Jeff Fungus, a character and voiced by [[Frank Oz]] in the ''[[Monsters, Inc. (franchise)|Monsters, Inc.]]'' franchise named after [[Jeff Gordon]]
* Jeff Gorvette, a character from Pixar's ''[[Cars (franchise)|Cars]]'' franchise
* Jeff Heaney, a recurring character in the sitcom ''[[Peep Show (British TV series)|Peep Show]]''
* Jeff Isaacs, a character in ''[[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]''
* Jeff K., a character on the [[Something Awful]] comedy website
* Jeff the Killer, a character from the [[creepypasta]] of the same name
* [[Jeff the Land Shark]], a character in [[Marvel Comics]] 
* Jeff Murdock, a main character in the first three seasons of the British sitcom ''[[Coupling (British TV series)|Coupling]]''
* Jeff Suckler, a minor character in the FX series ''[[What We Do in the Shadows (TV series)|What We Do In The Shadows]]''
* Jeff Thompkins, title character in the 2011 comedy-drama film ''[[Jeff, Who Lives at Home]]''
* Jeff Winger, main character in the NBC sitcom ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]''
* Jeff, an alien worm in the 2002 science fiction film [[Men in Black II]]

== As a surname ==

* [[Janina Jeff]], American geneticist
* [[Sandra Jeff]], New Mexico politician
* [[Mary Jeff]], Scottish politician

==See also==
*[[Jef]], short form of Josef/Jozef

== References ==
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