Meaning of Last Name

Butler is a surname that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either: * an English occupational name that originally denoted a servant in charge of the wine cellar, from the Norman French word butuiller. It eventually came to be used to describe a servant of high responsibility in a noble household, mostly leaving behind its association with the supply of wine. * in Ireland, a noble family and dynasty * a German surname, originating in Prussia before the 11th century, that gained notoriety in the High Middle Ages. * an Anglicisation of the French surname Boutilier, a cognate of the English name. * a Jewish surname meaning "bottle maker", from Yiddish butl meaning "bottle" plus the occupational suffix -er.