According to this website Buffy means "God's promise".
I had no idea.
Kaylee: You're nice, too. Mal: No, I'm not. I'm a mean old man.
'Serenity'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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-t - Sep 22, 2004 8:53:22 am PDT #9024 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2004 8:57:24 am PDT #9025 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's a diminutive of Elizabeth (no idea, so don't even ask) which is "God's oath" on that very page.
-t - Sep 22, 2004 9:05:23 am PDT #9026 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The diminutive is how I've always thought of it (I don't know why eitehr. But if you can go from Henry to Hank, why not?). I'm interpreting the page to imply that "Buffy" is a name in its own right, not just a diminutive.
But promise and oath are awfully close. So I guess not.
Nutty - Sep 22, 2004 9:08:14 am PDT #9027 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Most of the time, it's interpreted as Elizabeth -> Beth -> Bethy -> Buffy.
Which is no more of a stretch than that fellow in the NFL name of Anfernee.
But just as Jane and Joan and Jean are all based on the same name, and thus have the same basic meaning, all of the Elizabeth variants should also have the same meaning. Unless Buffy derived from someplace else entirely than Elizabeth, which I'm pretty sure it didn't.
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2004 9:09:52 am PDT #9028 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which is no more of a stretch than that fellow in the NFL name of Anfernee.
At least Anfernee sounds like Anthony, even a little. It's one sloppy step.
Buffy? They might as well have ended up with Bernice when all is said and done.
brenda m - Sep 22, 2004 9:12:07 am PDT #9029 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
fellow in the NFL name of Anfernee.
NBA
t /pedant
eta:
And his diminutive is Penny. There's a head-scratcher.
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2004 9:13:29 am PDT #9030 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I always forget that's Penny's real name.
eta: Is it a diminutive, or just a nickname?
brenda m - Sep 22, 2004 9:14:49 am PDT #9031 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Couldn't say. I'm guessing he gets to write the book on that one anyhoo.
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2004 9:15:55 am PDT #9032 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Here we go:
Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway got the name Anfernee because his mom couldn't say Anthony and the doctor wrote down Anfernee when he asked Anfernee's mother her baby's name. His mother had to work long hours so he was raised by his grandmother until high school.
My grandmother gave me the nickname. It was "Pretty" though. She called me Pretty, as in pretty baby. My friends with her southern drawl thought she was saying "Penny". I accepted Penny over Pretty. Right now the nickname has been big for me because I had the Little Penny doll and that's why I wear the No. 1, for one cent.
Wolfram - Sep 22, 2004 9:19:32 am PDT #9033 of 10001
Visilurking
The diminutive is how I've always thought of it (I don't know why eitehr. But if you can go from Henry to Hank, why not?). I'm interpreting the page to imply that "Buffy" is a name in its own right, not just a diminutive.
Well, as a Hebrew dabbler, I'm fairly certain that Buffy doesn't mean anything close to either G*d or promise in that language. I believe Elizabeth comes from the Hebrew name, Elisheva, which translates into Eli(G*d)-Sheva(Oath).