The buchta Surname
buchta Name Meaning and History
- German: habitational name from a place near the Czech border named Buchbach, pronounced and also recorded as Buchba, from a variant of which the surname arose.
- German: habitational name from a place named Buchte in Brandenburg.
- In eastern Germany, possibly from the Sorbian personal name Buchta, ultimately a derivative of Boguslav.
- Czech, Slovak, Polish, and eastern German: from buchta ‘baked yeast dumpling’ (see Buchtel 2).
- Czech: possibly from a derivative of Budislav or some other personal name formed with budi- ‘to awaken or inspire’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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