Name meaning & stats
Buffy
Buffy means “my God is an oath” (Hebrew origin). 3,312 US babies since 1940, peak 1971.
What it means
“my God is an oath”
HebrewPet form of Elizabeth
In US birth records
Peak year: 1971
3,312 US babies were named Buffy between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Buffy (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 76% of the family
- Buffy 76%
- Buffie 20%
- Buffi 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1971)