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boot Name Meaning and History

  1. English: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of boots, from Middle English, Old French bote (of unknown origin).
  2. Dutch and North German: metonymic occupational name for a boatman, from Dutch boot ‘boat’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The boot name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the boot family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of boot Families in the US in 1920
Number of boot families
 12-21
 5-11		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 33 - Messages: 109
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Boot family Sheffield Corinne_Jamieson 1
Eleazar Boot / Alfred Boot bajwins 1
Ann Boot SHELLGT78 0
stanley boot robertbutter42 4
BOOT family dizziebee1 0
Derbyshire Boot family Sian Smith 1
Boots of Leicestershire dizziebee1 1
Boot Family Jimsmith1323 0
Sarah Boot allsopalison1 0
Elizabeth Hepzabeth Boot Tiger 12
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