I may be easily amused, but I was helping my kid with their class Valentines earlier, and there's a Willow, Kendra, Parker, and Riley in their class. I had a good chuckle, and my husband was thinking I was nuts lol
Buffy names in elementary school classes
My cousin's 9 year old is named Cordelia. And yes, my cousin is a Buffy fan.
Cordelia is also one of the good guys in _King Lear_, which is prob why JW picked it. It means “Heart of the sea.” I think he heart part fits.
I think I read that he picked it because his wife was bullied by a Cordelia when she was in school.
Oh wow, I was way off base. Thanks for the correction!
Cordelia had an amazing arc, so it's well deserved.
I named one of my dogs Cordelia for the same reason!
Is that your dog typing this?
😆 She was a very smart girl so she could have if she'd tried. She died a little before I joined Reddit so I chose my name for her. You have a good eye!
I bet she was very smart and very good! I’m sorry for your loss.
My cat's name!!
I also named my cat Cordelia!
What, no one wanted to name their kid Rupert?
What about Randy?
Randy? Why not just name him Horny or Desperate-For-A-Shag?
Randi is actually a real Danish girl’s name. I went to high school with a girl with that name. Imagine the response when we had a visiting class of boys from a UK school.
I don't understand why no one will play with my little Ripper. :( and poor William the Bloody isn't making friends either!!!!
OTOH, my Spike is very popular with the girls.
Yeah, if you want your progeny to eat paste and have their lunch money stolen.
I named my cat Rupert for Giles, does that count?
Does "Ripper" count?
Cat name.
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Anya or Anyanka though?
Maybe she’ll get along with my 3 year old, D’Hoffryn
Or Aud.
I teach a Year 3 class with a Cordelia, Xander and Anya in it. Makes me chuckle every time.
Yep I would to lol
Better warn Kendra.
I didn't see a Drucilla so she should be safe lol
Yeah but Drusilla can see you
Drusilla means fruitful.
It goes back to Roman times.
What about cast member names, anyone know a Charisma, Eliza, Alexis, Seth, or Juliet?
I was actually thinking about the name Michelle, and how growing up in the 70s/80s, I went to school with, literally, a dozen or so Michelle's, no exaggeration at all. There was something about the name Michelle back in the day, but it's not that way anymore.
Weird.
The Beatles song?
Undoubtedly, there's a connection.
My daughter (12) goes to school with a Charisma. I can not get her to ask the girl if her parents were Buffy fans.
My sister is named "Sarah Michelle" for her first and middle name sooo she got the Buffy question a lot. My mom was not a Buffy fan but she also had no issues with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Not sure if my sister likes Buffy but she definitely got more enjoyment out of the live action Scooby Doo series for that reason lol
My kids are named Cordelia and Xander 🤷🏼♀️
I'm currently pregnant and if it's a girl, she's going to be named Willow lol
If I have a daughter…I want to name her Buffy…
You can name her Elisabeth which Buffy is short for.
I strongly considered it lol
I was told by soem aldies at the old Bronze Beta (when i said I had Dawn naming one of her twins "Buffy Willow") "You don't do that to a daughter."
That would be awesome.
We named our daughter Willow🙂
I know a 7 year old Cordelia, named for the character.
I’m a cab driver. A few years ago I had a young adult customer named Cordelia and was shocked to learn she was named after the character. Made me feel very old.
I work at a dog kennel, and we have a Willow, a Giles and a Riley!
No Ripper? How sad.
My kids a cordelia named after the character
my kid’s class has a Xander
So does mine!
It's my kid.
I worked in childcare for a lot of my life and I remember the first few times I saw Alexander being shortened to Xander instead of Alex. Those babies probably have babies now tho.
There's a dog that comes into the pet shop where I work called Buffy.
Is it blonde?
No, it's wiry haired & brown & white 🤣
i know a giles with a sister willa! ages 8 ans 2 haha
Any kids named Oz?
My son's middle name is Jiles (we wanted a J name to match the alliteration).
You... do realize that with maybe the exception of "Buffy", the other names in the show are more or less fairly normal, right?
Hey reality checks aren't allowed here! Jk
Sorry about the downvotes lol
There's a Cordelia in my son's class and I want to ask if it's intentionally from Buffy! But I don't know her mom.
When I went to school I had a girl in my class who’s name was Kendra
I had "Willow" and "Alexander," who would have been called "Xander" on my baby name list.
My cat is Willow 🐈⬛
Why didn't you name your cat Miss Kitty Fantastico ?
Didn’t want to invite any unfortunate cross bow incidents
I don't think that it was ever stated that she died or was injured. My head-canon is that she thought it was too dangerous to stay there after that near-miss. She then went and adopted another local family who looked after her and took her with them when they evacuated the city in series 7.
I have a daughter named Riley and a cat named Willow 🤣