Origin: unknown
assumption: baby talk for brother
Meaning: “friend, pal, chum”
The nickname Buddy has been given to boys
with many different first names
Buddy Variations:
Bud, Budd, Buddie
Buddy TV and Movie Quotes:
“You can call your next dog “Krypto.” Look, it’s not that hard:
Max, Lucky, Rocky, Bailey, Scamp, Monty, Bud.”
Smallville: Krypto (2005)
“Buddy, for your own good you gotta let this go.”
Wedding Crashers (2005)
“What’s the good word, buddy boy?”
The Honeymooners: Brother Ralph (1955)
1. Buddy Holly (1936-59), American rock and roll singer
born Charles Hardin Holley
2. Buddy Rich (b. 1917-87), American jazz drummer
born Bernard Rich
3. Buddy Hackett (1924-2003), American comedian, actor
born Leonard Hacker
Real Buddies:
- Buddy Jewell, Jr. American country musician
- Buddy Wayne Knox, American rocker (“Party Doll”)
More Buddies
- Buddy Bell, American baseball player
born David Gus Bell - Buddy Blattner, American baseball player and sportscaster
born Robert Garnett Blattner - Buddy DeFranco, American jazz clarinetist
born Boniface Ferdinand Leonard DeFranco - Buddy Ebsen, American actor
born Christian Rudolph Ebsen, Jr. - Buddy Greco, American jazz and pop singer and pianist
born Armando Greco - Buddy Guy, American guitarist
born George Guy - Buddy Myer, American All-Star major league baseball player
born Charles Solomon Myer - Buddy Rogers, American actor and jazz musician
born Charles Rogers - “Nature Boy” Buddy Rogers, American professional wrestler
born Herman Rohde