Giuffrè

Giuffrè (plural Giuffrès)

1. Alternative form of Giuffre.

• Giaffredo, Giuffredo, Gioffredo, Gianfriddo (male variants)
• Giaffreda, Giuffrida, Giuffreda, Ciuffreda, Gioffreda, Gionfrida (feminine variants)

Borrowed from Sicilian Giuffrè (“Geoffrey”), from Occitan Jaufre (“Geoffrey”).

Giuffrè m or f by sense

1. a surname from Sicilian [in turn originating as a patronymic]

• → English: Giuffrè, Giuffre

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2026

• Giuffridu, Giuffrida

Borrowed from Occitan Jaufre (“Geoffrey”), possibly through Iocefredus or Iozefredus, variants of Latin Godefridus, from Proto-West Germanic *Gautafriþu. Compare Catalan Jofré. Doublet of Giuffridu.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒufˈfɾɛ/, [d͡ʒʊˈfːɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: Giuf‧frè

Giuffrè

1. (now dated) a male given name from Franco-Germanic, equivalent to English Geoffrey
2. a surname

• Italian: Giuffrè (as a surname)
  • English: Giuffrè, Giuffre