Butch - name meaning and origin

The boy's name Butch \b(u)-tch, but-ch\ is a variant of Bert (Old English), Burt and Butcher (Old English), and the meaning of Butch is "illustrious; butcher".

The baby name Butch sounds like Beechy and Beachy. Other similar baby names are Burch, Ritch, Beech, Beach, Birch, Fitch, Mitch and Mytch.

Butch is a very rare male first name and a popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Butch. Compare Butch with related baby names.