Botten

== English == === Etymology === Various origins: English metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of buttons, variant of Button. English topographic surname for someone who lived in a valley, from Old Norse botn (“valley bottom”), or a habitational surname from a place named with this word, like Botton, North Yorkshire. This sense also appears as a Norwegian surname, from the same Old Norse word. Compare Botner. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɒtən/ === Proper noun === Botten (plural Bottens) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Botten is the 52736th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 393 individuals. Botten is most common among White (91.09%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Botten”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203. === Anagrams === Betton, botnet == German == === Etymology === Either from French botte or Polish bot, in both cases ultimately from Old French bote (“boot”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɔtn̩] === Noun === Botten pl (plural only) (Northern Germany, Central Germany, colloquial) boots, shoes Synonyms: Stiefel, Schuhe ==== Declension ==== === References === “Botten”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Botten” in Duden online