BUTTON
Button
The surname Button is of English origin, deriving from the medieval nickname "boten," meaning "a short and stout person," "a barrel," or "a cask." The name likely evolved from its pet form, "Bote," to the modern "Button." The name may also have been occupational, used to describe a cooper or barrel-maker.
The Button surname is scattered throughout England, with the highest concentrations historically found in the southern counties of Hampshire and Sussex. The name has since spread across the United Kingdom and the wider English-speaking world.
Notable individuals bearing the surname include Jenson Button, a Formula One World Champion, and Thomas Button, an English sea captain and explorer.
Through the centuries, the Button name has continued to thrive, with many families proudly carrying on this English heritage.
There are approximately 6,457 people named Button in the UK. That makes it roughly the 1,464th most common surname in Britain. Around 99 in a million people in Britain are named Button.
Surname type: Location or geographical feature
Origin: English
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: England
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: English
Typical given names associated with the surname
Male
- Andrew
- Christopher
- David
- James
- John
- Mark
- Matthew
- Michael
- Peter
- Richard
- Stephen
Female
- Alison
- Elizabeth
- Emma
- Joanne
- Julie
- Margaret
- Mary
- Nicola
- Pamela
- Patricia
- Sarah
- Susan
Similar and related surnames
- Booton
- Bouton
- Barten
- Barton
- Berton
- Bouten
- Boughton
- Booten
- Bitton
- Botton
- Betton
- Batton
- Boutton
- Beuton
- Bootton
- Bartton
- Boeton
- Bewton
- Butto
- Badain
- Badan
- Badani
- Baddan
- Badden
- Baddin
- Baddon
- Badeanu
- Baden
- Badeni
- Badian
- Badiane
- Badiani
- Badin
- Badini
- Badion
- Badon
- Badoni
- Baduna
- Badyna
- Baeten
- Baeton
- Bahdon
- Baiden
- Baiton
- Batan
- Batana
- Batean
- Baten
- Batin
- Batine
- Batini
- Baton
- Batoon
- Battain
- Battaini
- Battan
- Batten
- Battin
- Battine
- Battini
- Battino
- Batun
- Baudain
- Bauden
- Baudin
- Baudino
- Baudoin
- Baudon
- Baudouin
- Bauduin
- Bautton
- Bawdan
- Bawden
- Bawdin
- Bawdon
- Bawton
- Bayden
- Baydon
- Baydoun
- Bayton
- Beaden
- Beadon
- Beaten
- Beatin
- Beaton
- Beatten
- Beatton
- Beaudin
- Beaudoin
- Beaudouin
- Bedan
- Bedden
- Beddin
- Beddon
- Beddone
- Beden
- Bedin
- Bedini
- Bedon
- Beduhn
- Beedan
- Beeden
- Beedin
- Beedon
- Beeten
- Beeton
- Beituni
- Betan
- Beten
- Betina
- Betoin
- Beton
- Bettan
- Betten
- Bettin
- Bettine
- Bettini
- Bettoni
- Beuden
- Bewden
- Beydoun
- Beyton
- Bidaine
- Bidan
- Bidani
- Bidden
- Biddin
- Bidean
- Biden
- Bidin
- Bitan
- Biten
- Biteon
- Biton
- Bittain
- Bittan
- Bitten
- Bittoun
- Bituin
- Boaden
- Boadon
- Boaten
- Boatin
- Boaton
- Bodan
- Bodane
- Bodani
- Boddan
- Bodden
- Boddin
- Boddon
- Bodean
- Boden
- Bodene
- Bodian
- Bodien
- Bodin
- Bodine
- Bodineau
- Bodini
- Bodinna
- Bodoano
- Bodon
- Bohdan
- Boiden
- Boiten
- Booden
- Botan
- Botana
- Botani
- Boten
- Botin
- Boton
- Bottan
- Bottani
- Botten
- Bottin
- Bottine
- Bottini
- Bottino
- Bottone
- Bottoni
- Bottono
- Boudan
- Bouden
- Boudewyn
- Boudin
- Boudina
- Boudon
- Boutain
- Boutin
- Boutineau
- Bowdan
- Bowden
- Bowdin
- Bowdon
- Bowten
- Bowton
- Boyden
- Boydon
- Boyten
- Boyton
- Btown
- Budahn
- Budan
- Buddan
- Budden
- Buddin
- Buddon
- Buden
- Budiana
- Budin
- Budina
- Budini
- Budna
- Budon
- Budyn
- Bughton
- Burten
- Burton
- Burtton
- Butan
- Butane
- Butani
- Buten
- Butin
- Butina
- Butini
- Buton
- Butow
- Buttain
- Buttan
- Butten
- Buttens
- Buttin
- Buttom
- Buttons
- Buttoo
- Buttson
- Buttun
- Butun
- Buyton
- Byden
- Bydon
- Byton
- Butunoi
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