Given name
Biff
“a bully”
Biff is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “a bully.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a bully.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Biff through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 254
- 254 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 26 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 305 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Biff’s family of names
Biff has a related form in Bif. Biff has a related form in Biffe. Biff has a related form in Byf.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Biff
- Biff ByfordBritish rock singerborn 1951
- Biff ElliotAmerican actor (1923–2012)
- Biff McGuireAmerican actor (1926-2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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