Family name origins & meanings
- Norwegian : variant of Bo.
- Chinese :
this character means ‘to divine’ or ‘to predict’. In
ancient China there existed government officials for fortune-telling.
In honor of their forebears, the descendants of several such officials
adopted Bu as their surname. - Chinese :
from the town of Bu in the state of Jin (in present-day Shaanxi
province) during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc).
Descendants of a man who was enfeoffed with this area subsequently
adopted the place name as their surname. This character also means ‘a
(walking) step’.