Muffy
[ˈmʌfi]Meaning
English feminine nickname for names beginning with M, such as Mary or Margaret
Background Story
Muffy, also spelled Muffie, is a feminine given name and a hypocorism. It originated as a nickname for names beginning with the letter M, including Mary, Margaret and Martha, and by the 1980s it had come to be seen as a stereotypical preppy nickname. It is in some cases linked to muffin, an English word for an individual baked bun that is also used as a term of endearment, and in others to the nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet.
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