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
A lisp is a speech impairment in which a person misarticulates sibilants (, , , , , , , ). These misarticulations often result in unclear speech.
Types
* A frontal lisp occurs when the tongue is placed anterior to the target. Interdental lisping ...
attempts to pronounce Elizabeth.
Usage
The name ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn American girls between 1967 and 1977. 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
''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...
''. The name is still in occasional use. Seven American girls were given the name in 2022.
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People
Given name
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Buffy Tyler (born 1978), Playboy playmate
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Buffy Wicks (born 1977), California State Assemblymember
Nickname
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Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was List of British royal consorts, Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of Ki ...
(1900–2002), the queen consort of Great Britain, who had the nickname Buffy as a child
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Darren Robinson (rapper) (1967–1995), also called Buffy, a member of the rap trio The Fat Boys
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Buffy Sainte-Marie (born 1941), indigenous Canadian-American musician, artist, and activist
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Dorothy Buffum Chandler
Dorothy Buffum Chandler (May 19, 1901 – July 6, 1997; born Dorothy Mae Buffum) was a Los Angeles cultural leader. She is perhaps best known for her efforts on behalf of the performing arts.
Personal life
Born Dorothy Mae Buffum (nicknamed "Buff ...
(1901–1997), a Los Angeles cultural leader, was nicknamed Buffy or Buffie or Buff
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Elizabeth Williams (Rhondda politician) (born 1976), Welsh politician and Member of the Senedd, known as Buffy
Stage name
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Buffy (rapper)
Madtown (), often stylized as MADTOWN, was a South Korean boy band formed in 2014 by J. Tune Camp. The group consisted of Moos, Daewon, Lee Geon, Lee Jong-hwa (actor), Jota, Heo Jun, Buffy and H.O. Their debut album, ''Mad Town (EP), Mad Town'' ...
(born Kim Ju-hyeon, 1995) member of South Korean band MADTOWN
Fictional characters
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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
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Feminine given names
Hypocorisms