Submitted Surname Revision History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Middle High German bluot, German Blüte ‘bloom’, ‘flower head’.

German: possibly from Middle High German bluot ‘blood’, an allusion to kinship or family, as in the name Jungblut.

Surname was made famous by American animator DON Bluth (1932-), as well as the Bluth Family from the TV Show: Arrested Development.