Butte

Butte
This interesting surname of English origin with variant spellings But, Butt, Butte, Bute, etc., is derived from the middle English personal name But(t) of unknown origin, perhaps originally a nickname meaning "short and stocky" and akin to the late middle English "butt" meaning "thick end" or "stump". The middle English But(te) was also a vocabulary word denoting various types of salt fish, the surname may have been acquired by a seller of salt fish. Finally, it may be a topographical name for someone who lived near a place used for archery practice from the middle English "but" meaning "mark for archery" i.e., a target or goal (from the old French "but" meaning "aim", "target"). The surname dates back to the early 12th Century, (see below). Further recordings include one Robert le But (1198) "The Pipe Rolls of Sussex", and William le But (1214), "Early London Personal Names". Church recordings include one Elizabeth Butt who was christened on October 7th 1582 at St. Gabriel, Fenchurch, London. Anne, daughter of George and Ann Bute, was christened at St. George in the East, Stepney on July 16th 1780. One Rose Bute aged 23 yrs., a famine emigrant sailed from Liverpool aboard the Fidelia bound for New York on October 5th 1846. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter But, which was dated 1114 - 1130, in the "Cartularium Monasterii de Rameseia", Norfolk, during the reign of King Henry 1, known as "The Lion of Justice", 1100 - 1135. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • butte — butte …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • butte — [ byt ] n. f. • XIVe; forme fém. de but 1 ♦ Tertre naturel ou artificiel où l on adosse la cible. Butte de tir. Loc. fig. ÊTRE EN BUTTE À : être exposé à (comme si on servait de cible). « Je fus en butte à des vexations sans nombre » (France). 2… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Butte — Butte, AK U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska Population (2000): 2561 Housing Units (2000): 964 Land area (2000): 40.280571 sq. miles (104.326196 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.744610 sq. miles (1.928531 sq. km) Total area (2000): 41.025181 sq.… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • butte — Butte. s. f. Petit tertre, motte de terre relevée par nature ou par artifice. Au haut de la butte. Butte, Est aussi un exercice où on tire à une butte, à un noir, avec des arquebuses. Poudre de butte. les Chevaliers de la butte. Les arquebuses… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Butte — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Para otros usos del término Butte, véase Butte (desambiguación) Butte en Monument Valley, Arizona. Butte es un término de geología. La palabra viene del francés y significa montaña …   Wikipedia Español

  • Butte, MT — Butte Silver Bow, MT U.S. unknown location type in Montana Population (2000): 33892 Housing Units (2000): 15833 Land area (2000): 716.111749 sq. miles (1854.720837 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.664919 sq. miles (1.722132 sq. km) Total area (2000) …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Butte — Surtout porté dans la Creuse, le nom se rencontrait aussi parfois dans l Est. Dans tous les cas, il semble désigner par métonymie un tonnelier ou un vigneron (ancien français butte = tonneau, allemand Butte ou Bütte = cuve, hotte) …   Noms de famille

  • Bütte — Bütte, (oberd.:) Butte »offenes Daubengefäß, Wanne«: Mhd. büt‹t›e, büten, ahd. butin‹na› ist entlehnt aus mlat. butina »Flasche, Gefäß«, das auf gleichbed. griech. bytínē (pytínē) zurückgeht. Im Mnd. entspricht bö̅de‹ne›, bödde, büdde (dazu… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Butte — Bütte, (oberd.:) Butte »offenes Daubengefäß, Wanne«: Mhd. büt‹t›e, büten, ahd. butin‹na› ist entlehnt aus mlat. butina »Flasche, Gefäß«, das auf gleichbed. griech. bytínē (pytínē) zurückgeht. Im Mnd. entspricht bö̅de‹ne›, bödde, büdde (dazu… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Butte, AK — U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska Population (2000): 2561 Housing Units (2000): 964 Land area (2000): 40.280571 sq. miles (104.326196 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.744610 sq. miles (1.928531 sq. km) Total area (2000): 41.025181 sq. miles (106 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Butte, ND — U.S. city in North Dakota Population (2000): 92 Housing Units (2000): 82 Land area (2000): 0.250901 sq. miles (0.649831 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.250901 sq. miles (0.649831 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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