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Jefferson

Gender: M

Origin of Jefferson: English

Meaning of Jefferson: "son of Jeffrey"

Jefferson's Popularity in 2011: #702

The name of the third U.S. President sounds, like Harrison and Jackson, more modern and stylish now than its root name. Used as a first name long before our surname-crazed era, Jefferson was most famously connected to the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis--and is the middle name of another Prez, William Clinton. Brick in Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit and Jefferson Almond in Henry James' Washington Square, the title character in the Frank Capra classic film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, plus others--for better and for worse-- in Married With Children, The Dukes of Hazzard and Kit Kittridge: An American Girl.

Admittedly, nickname Jeff does sound a bit dated.

Jeferson, Jeff, Jeffers, Jeffersson, Jeffey, Jeffie, Jeffy

Famous People Named Jefferson
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Jefferson Bryan Davis - actor/comedian
Pop Culture References for the Name Jefferson
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Jefferson Airplane, band.

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