Butler (surname)

Butler, is a surname that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either:

  • an English occupational name that originally denoted a servant in charge of the wine cellar, from the Norman French word butuiller.[1] It eventually came to be used to describe a servant of high responsibility in a noble household, mostly leaving behind its association with the supply of wine.[1]
  • in Ireland, a noble family and dynasty[2]
  • a German surname, originating in Prussia before the 11th century, that gained notoriety in the High Middle Ages.
  • an Anglicisation of the French surname Boutilier, Bouthillier,[1][2] a cognate of the English name.

Notable people with the surname Butler

Disambiguation of common given names with this surname

Arts and Letters

Politics, law, government

Nobility
Main article: Butler dynasty

Sciences

Sports

Other

Fictional entities with the surname Butler

References
  1. "Butler Name Meaning and History", The Butler Surname, Ancestry.com, archived from the original on 12 June 2011, retrieved 31 August 2011, (origin of information) Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
  2. Kimberly Powell (ed.), "Butler surname origin", About.com: Genealogy, About.com, archived from the original on 24 July 2011, retrieved 31 August 2011

See also
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