Butch - Meaning of Butch

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Butch

[ 1 syll. but-(c)(h), bu-t-ch ] The baby boy name Butch is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is Bah-CH- †. Butch is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is English-American. The name is of the meaning butcher, manly.

The name Butcher is a variant of Butch.

Butchy (pet form) and Butch (English short form) are other variants of Butch.

See also the related categories, english, manly (powerful), and american.

Butch is an uncommon baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1956, 0.006% of baby boys were given the name Butch. Its ranking then was #638. The baby name has since fallen in popularity, and is currently of very light use. Within all boy names in its group, Butch was nonetheless the most popular in 2018. In the past century Butch has predominantly been a baby boy name.

Baby names that sound like Butch include Birch, Baahee, Bach, Baege, Bake, Bas, Base, Bash, Bashe, Bashee, Bass, Batch, Bax, Baxe, Bayge, Baz, Beach, Beache, Beachee, and Beag.

† Pronunciation for Butch: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)"