Button (surname)

Button is an English surname. The name is generally held to be occupational, for people involved in making or selling buttons, a word derived from the Old French bo(u)ton.[1][2] However, other origins are possible. For example, a family which produced three bishops and a baronetcy, see below under William Button, derived their name from the village of Bitton in South Gloucestershire.[3][4] Notable people with the name include:

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References

  1. "Surname Database: Index of Surnames".
  2. Reaney, P H (1958), A Dictionary of British Surnames, London: Routledge, p. 56
  3. Walker-Heneage and Button family and estate papers, Coker Court, East Coker, Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust), retrieved 17 December 2016
  4. Collections relating to the families of D'Annville of Bitton, Gloucestershire, and the Le Grand alias Button of Wiltshire and Glamorganshire, 1888, retrieved 17 December 2016
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