Jeffrey spelling goes back to Indo-European history when the Nordic families wouldn't name their newborn babies until after a week old. Until then, the child was called Jeffrey, or, "Jef" "Frey", meaning "Gift from the Lord".
They'd wait for two reasons - first to see if the child was healthy enough to not be a burden on the family, and second to see what mannerisms or traits the child had that reminded the family of a deceased ancestor, which they would then name the child after.
Jeffrey spelling goes back to Indo-European history when the Nordic families wouldn't name their newborn babies until after a week old. Until then, the child was called Jeffrey, or, "Jef" "Frey", meaning "Gift from the Lord".
They'd wait for two reasons - first to see if the child was healthy enough to not be a burden on the family, and second to see what mannerisms or traits the child had that reminded the family of a deceased ancestor, which they would then name the child after.