Given name & surname · also Old French
Buss
“cask, barrel”
Buss is a surname from Old French (ultimately Middle English).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Buss goes back to Old French busse, meaning “cask, barrel.”
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Where it comes from
Buss comes from Old French, and ultimately from Middle English.
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How it developed
From Old French busse (“cask, barrel”), from Middle English bush.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Buss through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 5 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 5 in 1918. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,864 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.
Buss’s family of names
In German usage, Buss has a later derivative in BURTS. In German usage, Buss as a surname has a related form in BUSCH. In English usage, Buss as a surname has a related form in BUSSE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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.
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