French: occupational name for a wine steward or butler, usually the
chief servant of a medieval household, from Old French
bouteillier, ‘butler’. This name is often Americanized as
Butler.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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