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Definition: 1) An occupational surname derived from the Old French "bouteillier," meaning servant in charge of the wine cellar. 2) In Normandy, descendants of Theobald Walter (who died in 1206) took the surname of De Boteler or Butler, to mark his service as chief Butler of Ireland, an office conferred upon him by Henry II for his services to the kingdom.
Surname Origin:
English, Irish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
BOTELER, DE BOTELER
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Common Surname Search Tips BUTLER Family Genealogy Forum BUTLER Family Trees on the Web FamilySearch - BUTLER Genealogy BUTLER Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - BUTLER Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - BUTLER Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - BUTLER Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - BUTLER Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997. Looking for the meaning of a given name? Check out
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
