Butler (surname)
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Butler is a surname that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either:
- an Anglicisation of the French surname Boutilier, Bouthillier,[1][2] a cognate of the English name.
- an English occupational name that originally denoted a servant in charge of the wine cellar, from the Norman French word butuiller.[1] 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.[1]
- in Ireland, a noble family and dynasty associated with the counties of Tipperary, Kilkenny and parts of County Carlow.[2]
- an Anglicisation of German or Swiss-German surnames including Beutler, Bütler, Beidler.[3]