Buton
loc · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Buton is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from French bouton.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 79 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from French bouton.
Sources 1
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Buton counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | — | 179 | — | 1 |
| BR Brazil | — | 56 | — | — |
| CH Switzerland | — | 7 | — | 1 |
| PL Poland | — | 3 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Buton is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Turkish, button, (mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nij, tree with thorny trunk, red bast fibers, and hard durable wood
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Romanian, button (knob or small disc serving as fastener)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ang, alternative form of būtan
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lucienne Butonb. 1936FRFrench local politician
- Sylviane Butonb. 1947FRFrench politician
- Didier Butonb. 1965FRFrench politician
- Ali ButonIDIndonesian rower
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 220 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 220 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 198 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 191 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 187 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 179 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 151 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 150 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 110 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 110 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 72 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 56 | #96,827 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Buton mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from French bouton. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Buton have the most bearers?
- Buton is most frequently recorded in France.
What do you want to know about Buton?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/butonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Buton”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.