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.