Comments (Meaning / History Only)
The first element might alternately be from Old English *boda* “messenger, prophet”, as seen in Talbot.
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Old English cognate of Botulf. This was the name of a 7th-century religious leader in East Anglia who became the patron saint of travellers and namesake of the town of Boston (originally Botolphston).
- Found in the 11th-century Domesday Book.
- http://pase.ac.uk/jsp/DisplayPerson.jsp?personKey=2365
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botwulf_of_Thorney
- first element: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bot#Old_English
(Information from name #193474 originally submitted by user LMS)
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- Found in the 11th-century Domesday Book.
- http://pase.ac.uk/jsp/DisplayPerson.jsp?personKey=2365
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botwulf_of_Thorney
- first element: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bot#Old_English
(Information from name #193474 originally submitted by user LMS)
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