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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : (mainly Switzerland) from a derivative of Butzo, a pet form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart).
  • German : topographic name for someone who lived near a well, from Middle High German bütze ‘well’, ‘puddle’ (from Latin puteus).
  • German : nickname from Middle High German butze denoting something small: an apple core, a small piece of something left over, a small person, a poltergeist.

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