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All around the world, Butler (Butler , באטלר, Бутлер ) is a rare primarily male, but scarcely girly first name. The forename Butler is characteristic of United Arab Emirates, where it is a rare boy's name, the United States, where it is a rare primarily boy's, but very infrequently female name, and the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, China, and Nigeria. Much more prevalently, Butler is the last name as well as the forename.
Butler is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Butler Blue , the canine mascot of Butler University; Butler Parker , the fictional character, Butler Parker; Butler , the character in the play "The visit" and Butler , the musical character in the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber; another of Pharaoh's servants.