Butman Family History
Butman Name Meaning
North German (Butmann): from Middle Low German butenman ‘stranger’, ‘foreigner’ (from buten ‘outside’ + man ‘man’). North German (But(t)mann): perhaps an occupational name for a fish seller (see Butt 5). Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): unexplained.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press