Buffy (given name)

Buffy
	Anissa Jones as Buffy and Johnny Whitaker as Jody, circa 1967, starred in the television series Family Affair.
Gender	Female
Language(s)	English
Origin
Meaning	Pet form of Elizabeth

Buffy or Buffie is a pet form of the female given name Elizabeth that is also in use as an independent name. It originated from a small child's lisping attempts to pronounce Elizabeth^[1] or the diminutive Bethie.

Usage

The name ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn American girls between 1967 and 1977.^[2] Its popularity coincided with the 1966 to 1971 air dates of the American television series Family Affair, in which child actress Anissa Jones played a character named Buffy. The name later became associated with the character Buffy Summers on the 1990s American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The name is still in occasional use. Seven American girls were given the name in 2022.^[3]

People

Given name

Buffy Tyler (born 1978), Playboy playmate
Buffy Wicks (born 1977), California State Assembly member

Nickname

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002), the queen consort of Great Britain, who had the nickname Buffy as a child
Darren Robinson (rapper) (1967–1995), also called Buffy, a member of the rap trio The Fat Boys
Buffy Sainte-Marie (born 1941), American musician, artist, and activist
Dorothy Buffum Chandler (1901–1997), a Los Angeles cultural leader, was nicknamed Buffy or Buffie or Buff
Elizabeth Williams (Rhondda politician) (born 1976), Welsh politician and Member of the Senedd, known as Buffy

Stage name

Buffy (rapper) (born Kim Ju-hyeon, 1995) member of South Korean band MADTOWN

Fictional characters

Buffy Summers, the title character in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer media franchise
Buffy Driscoll, a main character and Andi's best friend on Disney Channel's Andi Mack
Buffy Gilmore, a main character in Scary Movie
Buffy, the sister-in-law of Mike Motley in the 1976–2000 comic strip Motley's Crew
Buffy Patterson Davis, the twin sister to Jody on the 1966 TV series Family Affair

Notes

^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
^ Campbell, Mike. "Popularity of the name Buffy in the United States". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Beyond the Top 1000". ssa.gov. United States Social Security Administration. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

[2] Campbell, Mike. "Popularity of the name Buffy in the United States". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[3] "Beyond the Top 1000". ssa.gov. United States Social Security Administration. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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