Meaning & Story
Tuffy is an affectionate diminutive of "tough" — a description turned endearment. It is the name given to the small but indomitable, the scrappy but lovable, the creature who refuses to be daunted by obstacles significantly larger than themselves.
Tuffy is a name that celebrates the scrappy, the undaunted, the small-but-mighty. It is given with tremendous affection to pets who have demonstrated that their courage bears no relationship to their size. Tuffy is the chihuahua who squares up to Great Danes with complete confidence, the rescue cat who survived circumstances that would have defeated a lesser animal, the hamster who escapes every enclosure and seems proud of it. The name is always said with a smile and maximum affection.