Given name
Buzzy
“a popular young man”
Buzzy is a variant of Buzz. One Scottish interpretation is “a popular young man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Buzzy is a variant of Buzz. One Scottish interpretation is “a popular young man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Buzzy is a variant of Buzz. An origin associated with Buzz is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Buzzy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 48
- 48 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 8 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 5 in 1968. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1962.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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