Given name
Taffy
“one who is much loved”
Taffy is used as a given name. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is much loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “one who is much loved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1943. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taffy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 875
- 0 boys · 875 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 47 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 girls is 6 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 47 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 755 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.
Taffy’s family of names
Taffy has a related form in Taffie. Taffy has a related form in Taffi. Taffy has a related form in Tafea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Taffievariant
- Taffivariant
- Taffvariant
- Taffinevariant
- Tafeavariant
- Taffeavariant
- Tafiavariant
- Taffiavariant
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People named Taffy
- Taffy Abelice hockey player from the United States (1900-1964)
- Taffy Brodesser-AknerAmerican journalistborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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