First names dictionary

JEFFERSON

Jefferson: translation

Jeffersonm
English: transferred use of the surname, originally meaning ‘son ofJEFFREY(SEE Jeffrey)’, and now occasionally selected by fathers themselves namedJEFFREY(SEE Jeffrey) orGEOFFREY(SEE Geoffrey). It has sometimes been used in honour of theAmericanpresident Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826; president 1801–9), who was principally responsible for the text of the Declaration of Independence, and who is admired as a scientist, architect, and thinker as well as a statesman.

  1. jefferson—n ч. мя Джефферсон....Англо-український словник Балла М.І.