Budde History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Wales

A product of the ancient Brythonic Celts of Wales, the name Budde, is from the Old English personal name Budda, which is derived from the word budda, which means beetle. The root meaning of budda is to swell, and the surname Budde may also be a nickname applied to a fat person, or perhaps ironically, to a thin one.

Early Origins of the Budde family

The surname Budde was first found in Cornwall, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Budde family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Budde research. Another 153 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1025, 1066, 1135 and 1170 are included under the topic Early Budde History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Budde Spelling Variations

The Welsh have an extremely large amount of spelling variations of their native surnames to their credit. It was up to the priest or the scribe taking the official records to determine how the spoken name was to be made literal. As time progressed, the old Brythonic names of Wales were recorded in English, which was especially problematic since the English language had extreme difficulty recording the highly inflected sounds of Cymraeg. Spelling variations were, however, also carried out according to an individual's design: a branch loyalty within the family, a religious adherence, or even patriotic affiliations could be indicated by spelling variations of one's name. The spelling variations of the name Budde have included Budd, Budde, Bud, Budds, Bude and others.

Early Notables of the Budde family

Prominent amongst the family during the late Middle Ages was

Budde of Cornwall

Budde Ranking

In the United States, the name Budde is the 7,998^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Budde migration to the United States +

North America in the 1800s and 1900s saw the arrival of many Welsh people hoping to share in the wealth of land, work, and freedom that they felt North America held. Those who made the journey often attained those expectations, but only through an enormous amount of hard work, perseverance, and often a bout of good luck. These immigrants helped contribute to the growth of industry, commerce, and culture of both Canada and the United States. Discovered in the immigration and passenger lists were a number of people bearing the name Budde:

Budde Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Caspar Budde, aged 27, who landed in Missouri in 1839 2
Mr. Fredk. Budde, (Peter), aged 43, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Neptune"
Mrs. Sophie Budde, (nee Ernst), aged 42, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Neptune"
Mr. Louis Budde, aged 5, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Neptune"
Miss Wilhelmine Budde, aged 2, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Neptune"
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Budde (post 1700) +

Edward Leon Budde (1940-2023), American AFL football guard for the Kansas City Chiefs (1963-1976)
August W. Budde, American politician, First Selectman of Hartford, Connecticut, 1897-99 3
Ryan Dean Budde (b. 1979), American professional baseball catcher
Brad Edward Budde (b. 1958), former American NFL football offensive guard
Christoph Budde (1963-2009), German professional footballer
Karl Ferdinand Reinhard Budde (1850-1935), German theologian
Robert Budde (b. 1966), Canadian poet and novelist

Historic Events for the Budde family +

Bismarck

Theodor Budde (1920-1941), German Zimmermannsgefreiter who served aboard the German Battleship Bismarck during World War II when it was sunk heading to France; he died in the sinking 4

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details