Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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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.
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.
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.
fellow in the NFL name of Anfernee.
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And his diminutive is Penny. There's a head-scratcher.
I always forget that's Penny's real name.
eta: Is it a diminutive, or just a nickname?
Couldn't say. I'm guessing he gets to write the book on that one anyhoo.
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.
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).
Sigh. The internet has led me astray again.
And then set me right.
Hmm.
Wow, Mr. Hardaway's got a family full of mumblers, that's for sure. Anthony became Anfernee and Pretty became Penny.