Given name & surname · also Old French
Butter
“bittern”
Butter is a surname from Old French (ultimately German).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Butter goes back to Old French butor, meaning “bittern.”
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Where it comes from
Butter comes from Old French, and ultimately from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old French butor (“bittern”), from German Butter.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Butter’s family of names
In English usage, Butter as a surname has a related form in BUTTERS.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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