Butkus is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Butkienė or Butkuvienė (married woman or widow) and Butkutė (unmarried woman). The surname is derived from the diminutive form Butkus of the Lithuanian given name Butkintas.[1]

Butkus
Lithuanian surname
m.:Butkus
f.: (unmarried)Butkutė
f.: (married)Butkienė, Butkuvienė
f.: (short)Butkė
Origindiminutive of Butkintas

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  1. ^ Elsdon Coles Smith, ;;American Surnames, 1986, ISBN 0806311509, p.83

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