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In social studies class, we were reading a copy of the Declaration of Independence, and I noticed that one of the signers was named Button. I don't remember his last name (Gwinnett maybe?), but he was from Georgia. Any info on this name?
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No fresh ideas on meaning - Andy's very reliable - but how's this for a coincidence? Here in south Africa there's a clothing designer called Jenni Button!
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"With a big butt"? - "Maker of buttons"? Oxford* says: the latter. "Metonymic for Butner".Andy ;—)P.H.Reaney, A Dictionary of Surnames, Oxford 1997
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Andy your name means big butt
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