Buttermore Family History
Buttermore Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Bodamer . Altered form of Irish Buttimer . In some cases possibly also English: habitational name from either of two places in Cumbria and Wiltshire named Buttermere from Old English butere ‘butter’ + mere ‘lake’. The surname however is virtually non-existing in Britain.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022