Buddy - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Buddy \b(ud)-dy\ is a variant of Bud (English), and the meaning of Buddy is "brother".

The baby name Buddy sounds like Buddey and Budd. Other similar baby names are Cuddy, Addy, Audey, Burty, Brady, Broddy, Brody, Bucky, Buddie, Buzzy, Eddy, Neddy, Teddy, Judd, Laddy, Maddy, Paddy, Roddy, Rudd, Rudy and Rudey.

Buddy is a very common first name for men (#586 out of 1220) and a slightly less common last name for both men and women (#74546 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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