Name

Name BUT

Between 1980 and 2022 there were 1 birth of But in the countries below, which represents an average of 0 birth of children bearing the first name But per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom But
In Italiano

Nome But

Information about the first name But

The first name But has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name But is the most common is:

Alberta

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 3 letters including 1 vowel and 2 consonants

But in Japanese ^*

Romaji	butto
Katakana	ブット
Hiragana	ぶっと
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Origin and meaning of name But

English

Adverb

but (not comparable)
(chiefly literary or poetic) Merely, only, just, no more than
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:merely
(Australia, Tyneside, conjunctive) Though, however.
Synonyms: even so, nevertheless, notwithstanding, yet; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless

Anagrams

BTU, TBU, tub

Noun

but (plural buts)
An instance or example of using the word "but".
(Scotland) The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
A limit; a boundary.
The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.

Preposition

but
Apart from, except (for), excluding.
Synonyms: barring, except for, save for; see also Thesaurus:except
(obsolete outside Scotland) Outside of.

Pronunciation

(stressed, UK) IPA(key): /bʌt/, [bɐt], enPR: bŭt
(stressed, US) IPA(key): /bʌt/, enPR: bŭt
(stressed, Scotland, Ireland) IPA(key): /bʊt/
(stressed, Northern England) IPA(key): /bʊt/
(Ireland) IPA(key): [bɞθ̠]
(unstressed) IPA(key): /bət/, enPR: bət
Rhymes: -ʌt
Homophone: butt

Proper noun

But (plural Buts)
A surname.

Verb

but (third-person singular simple present buts, present participle butting, simple past and past participle butted)
(archaic) Use the word "but".

Noun (Derived terms)

top and but

Middle English

Noun

but
(Northern) Alternative form of bote (“boot”)

French

Etymology

From boire.

Etymology (Noun)

but m (plural buts)
aim
goal (result one is attempting to achieve)
(sports) goal (in the place, act, or point sense)

Etymology (Pronunciation)

IPA(key): /by/
Homophones: bu, bue, bues, bus, bût, buts
(outside Canada now more often) IPA(key): /byt/
Homophones: bute, butent, butes, bûtes, buts, butte, buttent, buttes

Etymology (Pronunciation)

IPA(key): /by/
Homophones: bu, bue, bues, bus, bût, buts

Etymology (Verb)

but
third-person singular past historic of boire

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /by/

Proper noun

But m or f
a surname, equivalent to English But

Indonesian

Noun

but (first-person possessive butku, second-person possessive butmu, third-person possessive butnya)
(computing) bootstrap (process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory)

Polish

Etymology