Butterfield
Butterfield is a surname of English origin, from place names meaning "pasture where butter was made." It appears in various institutional names—Butterfield & Swire (a Hong Kong trading company), Butterfield Bank (Bermuda)—and as a given name or middle name.
Stewart Butterfield cofounded Flickr and Slack.
The Butterfields live down the road.
Name from father's name
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- EnglishBritain's native tongue
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
Yorkshire · Bradford · settlers · colonists · Puritans · Quakers · immigrants · Victorian
Hereditary Scottish surname
Alexander · Slack · stagecoach · entrepreneur · general · photographer · architect · historian
patronymic
Name from father's name
- family nameHereditary portion of identity
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- EnglishBritain's native tongue
British · Yorkshire · Bradford · settlers · colonists · Puritans · Quakers · immigrants · Victorian · industrialists
Stewart
Hereditary Scottish surname
Herbert · Alexander · Slack · stagecoach · entrepreneur · general · photographer · architect · historian