About the Buntin Surname

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Bunting surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

The meaning behind Buntin

Clerks wrote Bunting in many ways, and Buntin is one that stuck. Read literally, Buntin points to “Small bird”.

Before spelling was fixed, Bunting was also written Buntin. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Buntin ranked 16,338 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,764 people answering to the name.

Get the complete Buntin report, with a museum-style coat of arms.