Is the surname Buttery an english name?

Question

My bf is english and his surname is buttery....ive always doubted that his surname is english even doe he claims to have irish/english heritage and thats fine but ive always thought that it sounded dutch or something like that, know can anyone help me prove my theory.

Please.....Best answer 10pts!!! ta x

Answer 1

I don't know, but that is one cool last name!  =]

Answer 2

English: from Anglo-Norman French boterie ‘buttery’ (Late Latin botaria, a derivative of bota ‘cask’), hence a metonymic occupational name for the keeper of a buttery. The term originally denoted a store for liquor but soon came to mean a store for provisions in general.

Answer 3

It's English. It sounds english also, I don't see the how you think it's Dutch.

Answer 4

I agree, it seemed Norman to me, but many names like this are Anglo-Saxon and denote the occupation of a person.  

To the other person, pre-Norman English is the closest to Dutch (some of the dialects) than any other language so of course that would be a normal connection.