Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from occupation) Usage German, English Other Forms FormsBüsse; Buss Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 5/10/2014 by LMS Edited 5/15/2014 by LMS Meaning & History German: variant of Buss. North German (Büsse): metonymic occupational name for a maker of boxes and containers or for a gunsmith, from Middle Low German büsse, busse ‘box’, ‘gun’, ‘rifle’.English: variant spelling of Buss.