Given name & surname · also Middle English
Butt
“target, goal”
Butt is a surname with more than one origin.
Original FrenchBut
Meaning & origin
What it means
As an English surname, Butt goes back to Middle English butte, meaning “target, goal.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Butt has more than one origin: as an English surname, it comes from Middle English butte; as an English and German surname, it goes back to a word meaning “type of flounder”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Butt as a surname developed from BUT.
Butt’s family of names
In English usage, Butt as a surname developed from the French form BUT. In English usage, Butt as a surname has a related form in BHATT. In English usage, Butt as a surname has a related form in BUTE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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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