English: from an Old English byname, Budde, which was
applied to a thickset or plump person. By the Middle English period it
had become a common personal name, with derivatives formed with
hypocoristic suffixes, Budecok and Budekin. Reaney
derives it from Old English budda ‘beetle’.Shortened form
of German Budde.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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