Bu Family History
Bu Name Meaning
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm named with Old Norse bú ‘farmstead; livestock’ or búth ‘small house hut’. Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 卜 meaning ‘astrologer fortune-teller diviner’ in ancient Chinese: (i) from the post names Bu Ren (卜人) or Bu Shi (卜筮) the title of astrologers who performed divination in ancient China. (ii) borne by descendants of the younger brother of Tai Kang (the 3rd king of the Xia dynasty (2070–1600
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022