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What does Buffy mean?
Buffy 
▼ as a girls' name is of English and Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Buffy is "God is my oath". Informal pet form of Elizabeth, based on a child's unsuccessful attempts to pronounce the name. Also form of Beverly.
ASSOCIATED WITH oath
Variations
RELATIONS VIA ELIZABETH Bessy, Bethy, Betsy▼, Betty▼, Biff, Biffy, Bizzy
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Bufna, ..
(male) Bufry, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Buffy Aranza (B.A.), ..
How popular is Buffy?
Buffy is a very prominent first name for women (#2040 out of 4276, Top 48%) but an uncommon last name for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Buffy was first listed in 1960-1969 and reached its highest rank of #691 in the U.S. in the 1970s, but is not found in the list at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Buffy are Elizabeth (#13 IN 2018), Betty (#1128), Beverly (#1293) and Betsy. Other forms, like Bethy, are uncommon. These relations of Buffy were favored as birth names during 1930-1939 (AVERAGE #472) and are now significantly less common (#1286, ▼88%), with versions like Buffy becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Bunny, Bunty, Daffy, Effy, Taffy and Tiffy. These names tend to be less frequently used than Buffy.
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