Given name & surname

Butterworth

“butter”

Butterworth is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Butterworth goes back to Old English butere, meaning “butter.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Butterworth comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English butere (“butter”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Butterworth, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Burnworth

“enclosure”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Butterwick

“butter”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Burchett

“birch grove”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Unsworth

“hound, dog” · “enclosure”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Shuttleworth

“bar, bolt”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Littleworth

“little, small”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Bulbrook

“bull, steer”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Burniston

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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