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Butler

in Kentucky

There are 2,522 people with the last name "Butler" in Kentucky.

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Butler 165
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  1. is 161st most common Carroll
  2. is 162nd most common Carpenter
  3. is 163rd most common Ellis
  4. is 164th most common Crawford
  5. is 165th most common Butler
  6. is 166th most common Sexton
  7. is 167th most common Robertson
  8. is 168th most common Harper
  9. is 169th most common Justice

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bitler, Butlar, Botler, Butland, Batler, Butlin, Betler, Butlers, Butlak, Butller

Most Common First Names for Butler

James, Robert, David, William, John, Charles, Michael, Timothy, Donald, Mary

Meaning & History

English and Irish: from a word that originally denoted a wine steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin buticularius, from buticula ‘bottle’). In the large households of royalty and the most powerful nobility, the title came to denote an officer of high rank and responsibility, only nominally concerned with the supply of wine, if at all.

Anglicized form of French Boutilier.

Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): occupational name for a bottle maker, from Yiddish butl ‘bottle’ + the agent suffix -er.

FOREBEARS This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Butler was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635. A Massachusetts family called Butler is descended from Nicholas Butler, who came to Dorchester, MA, from Ashford, Kent, England, in 1636 and subsequently moved to Martha's Vineyard.The name is also very common in Ireland. Irish bearers trace their ancestry to Theobald FitzWalter, who accompanied Henry II to Ireland in 1170 and in 1177 was created ‘Chief Butler’ (i.e. overlord) of Ireland by the king. FitzWalter's descendant James Butler (1665–1745), 2nd Duke of Ormonde, was a staunch Protestant and supporter of William of Orange in 1685. He served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and became Commander-in-Chief of the British army. But after the death of Queen Anne he opposed the accession of George I and took part in a Jacobite rising (1715), after which he spent the rest of his life in exile.

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