Given name & surname

Buffett

“idiot”

Buffett is a surname from Middle English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Buffett goes back to Middle English buffard, meaning “idiot.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Buffett comes from Middle English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English buffard (“idiot”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Middle English

Budgett

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French

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“target, goal”

No U.S. birth series

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Middle English

Buller

“letter, document”

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“bull house”

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English

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Middle English

Bigott

“by God”

No U.S. birth series

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Middle English

Bygott

“by God”

No U.S. birth series

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