Geffen Family History
Geffen Name Meaning
Jewish (Israeli): artificial name from Hebrew gefen ‘vine’ a Hebraicization usually of the various Ashkenazic surnames from German Wein . North German: from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with geba ‘gift’ for example Gebhardt . English: from the Middle English personal name Geff a pet form of Geoffrey (see Jeffrey ) with the characteristically West Midland genitival suffix -en. Dutch (Van Geffen): habitational name from the village Geffen in the province of North Brabant.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022