Americanized spelling of French Bouchon, a habitational
name from a place in Somme, so named with the personal name
Buccius + Gallic duros ‘fortress’, or a topographic name
for someone who lived in an area of bushes, from Old French
bousche ‘bush’.
Possibly an altered spelling of
German Buschang, which is of Slavic origin (see Bushek).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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