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Botten
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botten bøtten
English
Etymology
en fro
Various origins:
English metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of buttons, variant of en Button.
English topographic surname for someone who lived in a valley, from en non botn valley bottom, or a habitational surname from a place named with this word, like en Botton, North Yorkshire. This sense also appears as a en no - surname, from the same Old Norse word.
Compare en Botner.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɒtən/
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Botten is the 52736th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 393 individuals. Botten is most common among White (91.09%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en benott Betton botnet
en surnames from Norwegian surnames from Old French surnames from Old Norse
German
Etymology
Either from de fr botte or de pl bot, in both cases ultimately from de fro bote boot.
Pronunciation
de [ˈbɔtn̩]
de De-Botten.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
p
de northern Germany central Germany colloquial boots, shoes
de Stiefel Schuhe
Declension
p
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