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Type Surname (from occupation)

Meaning & History

English: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of boots, from Middle English, Old French bote (of unknown origin).

Dutch and North German: metonymic occupational name for a boatman, from Dutch boot ‘boat’.
Added 12/6/2015 by cutenose