It would appear not. The name seems to have originated by his antics when audience saw him (before he had an official name) in the short *Porky's Duck Hunt*. [**Wikipedia**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daffy_Duck) >Daffy first appeared in Porky's Duck Hunt, released on April 17, 1937. The cartoon was directed by Tex Avery and animated by Bob Clampett. Porky's Duck Hunt is a standard hunter/prey pairing for which Leon Schlesinger's studio was famous, but Daffy **(barely more than an unnamed bit player in this short)** was something new to moviegoers: an assertive, completely unrestrained, combative protagonist. Clampett later recalled: > > >"At that time, audiences weren't accustomed to seeing a cartoon character do these things. And so, when it hit the theaters it was an explosion. People would leave the theaters talking about this **daffy duck**." [![enter image description here][1]][1] <sub>Daffy as he first appeared in Porky's Duck Hunt (1937).</sub> [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/bI5Y8.jpg