Bouton Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

It is easy to miss Bouton in an index if you only search for Boughton. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Beech or buck farm”. Before spelling was fixed, Boughton was also written Bouton.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Bouton surname had 2,459 bearers. INSEE counts 6,556 people born in France with the Bouton surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1951–1960.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Bouton, so the heraldry linked to Boughton is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Bouton family name pack.