Bud - Meaning of Bud

What does Bud mean?

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Bud

[ 1 syll. bud, bu-d ] The baby boy name Bud is pronounced as BAHD †. Bud is primarily used in English and it is also of English origin. Bud is a contracted form of the English name Buddy.

A form of the name is the English spelling variant Budd.

See also the related category english.

Bud is an unusual baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1906 with 0.027% of baby boys being named Bud. Its ranking then was #330. The baby name has since steeply slipped in popularity, and is now used on an infrequent scale. Among all boy names in its group, Bud was nevertheless the most popular in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Bud include Budd (English), Budde, Bade, Baede, Bat (English), Bath, Beatee, Beatte, Bede (English), Beth (English and Hebrew), Bode (Scandinavian), Bodh (Indian), Boot, Boote, Booth (English), Boothe, Both, Bothe, Botwe (Twi), and Budi.

† Pronunciation for Bud: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"

A famous person named Bud is Comedian, Bud Abbot, born William Alexander Abbott, October 2, 1895 - April 24, 1974, Asbury Park, New Jersey.