Is the surname Buttery an english name?

Question: Is the surname Buttery an english name!?

My bf is english and his surname is buttery!.!.!.!.ive always doubted that his surname is english even doe he claims to have irish/english heritage and thats fine but ive always thought that it sounded dutch or something like that, know can anyone help me prove my theory!.

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English: from Anglo-Norman French boterie ‘buttery’ (Late Latin botaria, a derivative of bota ‘cask’), hence a metonymic occupational name for the keeper of a buttery!. The term originally denoted a store for liquor but soon came to mean a store for provisions in general!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I agree, it seemed Norman to me, but many names like this are Anglo-Saxon and denote the occupation of a person!.

To the other person, pre-Norman English is the closest to Dutch (some of the dialects) than any other language so of course that would be a normal connection!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's English!. It sounds english also, I don't see the how you think it's Dutch!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't know, but that is one cool last name! =]Www@QuestionHome@Com