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Jeffrey

• Gender: Masculine

• Usage: English

• Pronounced: JEF-ree

• Medieval variant of GEOFFREY

From an Old French form of a Germanic name. The second element is Germanic frid "peace", but the first element may be either gawia "territory", walah "stranger", gisil "hostage" or god "god". It is possible that two or more names merged into a single form. The name was introduced to England by the Normans, where it became common among the nobility. Famous literary bearers include the 12th-century chronicler Geoffrey of Monmouth and the 14th-century poet Geoffrey Chaucer, writer of 'The Canterbury Tales'

Nero

• Gender: Masculine

• Usage: Ancient Roman 

• Pronounced: Neer-o

• Meaning: Roman cognomen, which was probably of Sabine origin meaning "strong, vigourous". It was borne most infamously by a deranged Roman emperor of the 1st century.

Hardy

• Gender: Masculine

• Usage: English

• Pronounced: HAHR-dee

• MEANING:

1. English, Scottish, and French: nickname for a brave or foolhardy man, from Old French, Middle English hardi ‘bold’, ‘courageous’ (of Germanic origin; compare Hard
2. Irish: in addition to being an importation of the English name, this is also found as an Anglicized form (by partial translation) of Gaelic Mac Giolla Deacair ‘son of the hard lad’.
3. Scottish: variant spelling of Hardie