Am I the only one?

[callousnstrange]

haha. I'm naming my kid Anyanka. I considered naming my other kid Halfrek, but decided against it. That'd be too cruel and way over the line. haha

 

[TheVoid68]

Am I the only one that noticed at how there is no such thing as a normal name for a BuffyVerse main character?

Buffy - I heard that this is often short for "Elisabeth", I'm not sure if they ever said whether Buffy was her real full name or not
Angel - Not his real name - Liam is a compeltely normal name
Xander - Short for Alexander, a very common name
Willow - OK, yes, unusual name
Spike - Not his real name - William is very common.
Dawn - Dawn is actually quite a common name.
Anya - I know a couple of Anyas. Nothing strange here.
Giles - Surname, real name Rupert is old-fashioned but still relatively common
Fred - Odd nickname, and Winifred really should be an 80 year old woman, not a hot 20-something.
Gunn - Surname, Charles is a normal name
Wesley - Old-fashioned, but not too weird
Doyle - Surname, his real name is Allen Francis though, which isn't much better
Lorne - He's a demon, it's excusable.

So yeah, you got two or three there.

 

[MistressPointy]

Joss knew people would think Buffy was a weird name. I love that he played with it:

GIRL 'What kind of name is Buffy?'
GIRL 2 *passing by* 'Hey, Aphrodesia.'

:-D

 

[Kelsey]

He used the name "Buffy" because he knew it would look ridiculous in conjunction with "The Vampire Slayer". It's a very silly name, and definitely conjures up the image of a silly valley girl. Which she is, but she also kicks people's asses and saves the world.

 

[King of Hell]

William first named himself William the bloody, but after Angelus made fun of him he changed it to Spike, cuz he tortures his victims using railroad spikes

Angel/Angelus - a demon with a face of an Angel

The Master - well, he was a master

Darla - means "dear one" or "darling", she's hot so that explains it

Drusilla - means fruitful, I think the visions are some kind of fruit, metaphorically

Faith - opposite to her character

Gunn - guns mean power, he's strong for a human, & the AI team often call him the muscle


Angel, Spike, & Darla's names & their meanings were mentioned on the show, the rest are just me playing around, I couldn't think of anything for the rest of the names, though

 

[BuffyElevated]

My husband actually had chosen Alexander Riley if we had had a boy for our first child. 😉 And of course, we were going to call him Xander. 😀 However our sweet little boy turned out to be a precious baby girl we named Emily. I fought for Cordelia but hubby said no. LOL

 

[ApesFindShapes]

You know, I never really thought characters' names on Buffy were unusual until my mom pointed it out. I guess I just always went with the flow and accepted that everyone had original names because it's a one of a kind show.

As far as future children go, I've thought about Alexander "Xander" Thomas. I'm also totally down to have a daughter named Willow. I don't know how the father would feel about that though. I suppose I would have to marry someone equally absorbed in the Buffyverse.

 

[BuffyElevated]

My hubby likes the Buffyverse names on the Buffyverse characters; he's not crazy about any of them in the real world though.

 

[DoughnutHole]

It's funny, I've thought of that many times. Definitely some creative names...

As far as future children go, I've thought about Alexander "Xander"...

me too! however, i have a buffy tattoo... so people might wonder to what insane extent my fandom goes. It's a great name, though.

I can't imagine naming my child Buffy though... There's a native american artist named Buffy st. Marie, so the name is in existence. I just don't think I could use it...

William the Bloody has a nice, homey ring to it...

 

[purpledreams]

I love that all the names are unusual. Just adds to the uniqueness of the show, imo. 🙂 But I really do wonder where Joss pulled Buffy from. When I first heard the title Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I remember thinking, "Buffy? Interesting nickname, I wonder what her real name is." lol

 

[Thursday]

I've never thought the names on Buffy were crazy, but almost all of the guys have extremely unusual nicknames. While Willow and Buffy go by their full names, or a slight shortening, the guys names (Oz, Xander, Spike, Angel) are a little more out there. I didn't even know Xander's real until recently. I just thought he had a weird name.

I'm also totally down to have a daughter named Willow.

So would I. I've always loved the name Willow, even before I watched Buffy. But, I've always loved names that are more, well, nature oriented. I have no idea why; maybe I was a hippie in my previous life.:tongue3: