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Etymology of Budde

What does the name Budde mean?

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 Old English word budda, which means beetle. 1 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. Another source claims the name was an ancient Anglo-Saxon personal name meaning "messenger." 2

The name was "a strongly established surname as the Hundredorum Rolls prove, some of the fontal names attached suggesting a Flemish origin." 3

Early Origins of the Budde family

The surname Budde was first found in Cornwall, where the first entry for the family was in the Latin form, that of Brihtmerus Budde, who appeared as an Old English Byname c. 1025. A few years later, Leofwinus Budda was recorded at Oseney, Oxford in 1135 and later again, Ralph Budde was listed in the Pipe Rolls for Hampshire in 1170. 1

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 include entries for Juliana Budde, Oxfordshire; Iward Bude, Norfolk; William Budde, Oxfordshire; and Simon Bud, Huntingdonshire. 3 All held lands there at that time. In Somerset, we found John Budde, 1 Edward III (during the first year of King Edward III's reign.) 4

"The Budds were a well known Winchester family in the early part of the 17th century; they filled the office of mayor and made bequests for the poor. Winchester still has the name. In the forms of Bud, Budd, and Biidde, the name occurred in Oxfordshire and Somersetshire in the reign of Edward I." 5

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, 1170, 1746, 1756, 1774, 1793, 1797, 1798, 1801, 1821 and 1853 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

George Budd (fl. 1756), the English painter, is supposed to have been born in London, where for some time he kept a hosier's shop. Eventually he was led by his taste for drawing to abandon the business and devote himself wholly to art. He practised in portrait, landscape, and sometimes still life. 6 Richard Buud (1746-1821), was an English physician, born in 1746 at Newbury...
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Budde Ranking

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

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 8
  • 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"
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Contemporary Notables of the name Budde (post 1700) +

  • Mariann Edgar Budde (b. 1960), American prelate of the Episcopal Church, first female Bishop of Washington since November 2011
  • 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 9
  • 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
  • Budde Jan Peter Maria "Bud" Brocken (1957-2025), Dutch professional footballer his career spanned 1975-1992
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  • 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 10
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  6. Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
  7. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  8. 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)
  9. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  10. Bismarck & Tirpitz Class - Crew List Bismarck. (Retrieved 2018, February 06). Retrieved from https://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/crew/bismarck_crew.html#crew_details

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