Boy's name
Séafra
“SHAY-fra”
the Irish form of Geoffrey
The story behind the name
Séathrún Céitinn (Geoffrey Keating), a priest of Tipperary, wrote 'Foras Feasa ar Éirinn' around 1634 — the first full history of Ireland written in Irish, and for two centuries the way the Irish told their own story to themselves.
Where the name belongs
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