Given name & surname
Budd
“one who is brotherly”
Budd is a variant of Bud. One English interpretation is “one who is brotherly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Budd is a variant of Bud. One English interpretation is “one who is brotherly.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Budd is a variant of Bud. A possible origin is Scottish Gaelic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Budd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,090
- 1,090 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 472 as a first name in 2020; 7,684 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Budd’s family of names
Budd has a related form in Bud. In English usage, Budd continues an earlier form in BUDDA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Budd
- Budd BoetticherAmerican film director (1916-2001)
- Budd HopkinsAmerican UFO researcher, painter and sculptor (1931-2011)
- Budd JohnsonAmerican musician (1910-1984)
- Budd FriedmanAmerican actor1932–2022
- Budd FineAmerican actor (1894-1966)
- Budd AlbrightAmerican actor, singer, stunt man, and sportsmanborn 1936
- Budd BusterAmerican actor (1891–1965)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Budd, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Buck
“resembling a male deer”
>99% boys
Boyd
“a blonde-haired man”
>99% boys
Burton
“from the fortified town”
>99% boys
Berl
>99% boys
Buddy
“one who is brotherly”
>99% boys
Bernard
“as strong and brave as a bear”
>99% boys
Urban
“city-dweller” · “from the city”
>99% boys
Armond
“of the army; a soldier”
>99% boys