Butu
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Weary
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bətu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Butu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Romania than in any other country.
- RORomania≈1 in 50K(inferred from the name graph)
- NGNigeria≈1 in 504K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.3M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Butu itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Romania (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 38 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)
≈430 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Romania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Bot in BD Bangladesh.
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)
Weary
Sources 1
- The book of African names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Butu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RO Romania | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 50K | Butu | 7 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 504K | Butu | 20 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈96 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | Bot | 5 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | Butu | 4 |
| VN Vietnam | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 5.3M | Butu | 5 |
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.
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)
Butu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In lua, kuata b., to mould, mildew, Butue, 6, n., ashes
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
In nak, to sound a slitgong, especially to beat it loudly and call out at the same time
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In sxn, make a hole; castrate; slit the belly of a slaughtered animal to gut it
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In jam, An uncouth and stupid person; a boor; a low-class person.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ski, something that is slightly rancid or smelly
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.
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 Butu mean, and where does it come from?
- Weary Recorded by The book of African names.
- How do you pronounce Butu?
- A machine transcription gives /bətu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Butu a male or female name?
- Butu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Butu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 428 people named Butu in Romania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled butu.
- How common is the name Butu?
- Mondonomo estimates about 430 people in Romania have Butu as their first given name, about 1 in 50 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
What do you want to know about Butu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/butuThe 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, “Butu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.