Butcher (surname): Difference between revisions

Butcher is a common family name in England but it may have French origins. It was originally an occupational surname used to identify a person who worked as a butcher. The name derived from the Old English word boucher or the Old French word bouchier. The German equivalent is ‘Fleischhauer‘.

Bearers of the surname include:

• Fanny Butcher (1888–1987), American newspaper writer and literary critic
• Finn Butcher (born 1995), New Zealand slalom canoeist

• Lisa Butcher (born 1971), English fashion model and TV presenter

• Margaret Just Butcher (1913–2000), American educator, writer, and civil rights activist
• Marjorie V. Butcher (1925–2016), American mathematician
• Mark Butcher (born 1972), English cricket commentator and former player
• Max Butcher (1910–1957), American baseball pitcher
• May Butcher (1886–1950), English-born Maltese writer
• Mike Butcher (baseball) (born 1965), American baseball pitcher and coach
• Mike Butcher (footballer) (born 1942), Australian rules footballer
• Mike Butcher (journalist), journalist and editor

• Sam Butcher (1939–2024), American artist
• Samuel Butcher (Royal Navy officer) (1770–1849), British naval officer
• Samuel Butcher (bishop) (1811–1876), Bishop of Meath, 1866–1876, son of the above
• Samuel Butcher (classicist) (1850–1910), Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician, son of the above
• Solomon Butcher (1856–1927), American photographer
• Stephen Butcher (disambiguation)
• Susan Butcher (1954–2006), American dog musher, multiple winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

• Baby Butcher, in the TV series The Boys
• Becca Butcher, in The Boys
• Becky Butcher, in The Boys
• Bianca Jackson/Butcher, in the British soap opera EastEnders
• Billy Butcher, in The Boys
• Clare Butcher, in EastEnders
• Connie Butcher, in The Boys
• Diane Butcher, in EastEnders
• Frank Butcher, in EastEnders
• Jacques Butcher, in EastEnders
• Janine Butcher, in EastEnders
• Lenny Butcher, in The Boys
• Liam Butcher, in EastEnders
• Mo Butcher, in EastEnders
• Morgan Butcher, in EastEnders
• Pat Butcher, in EastEnders
• Patrick Butcher, in the TV series Ghosts
• Peggy Mitchell, in EastEnders
• Ricky Butcher, in EastEnders
• Ryan Butcher, in The Boys
• Sam Mitchell, in EastEnders
• Sam Butcher, in The Boys
• Tiffany Butcher, in EastEnders