Bunting
Appearance
See also: bunting
Translingual
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bunting
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist R.H. Bunting (fl. 1923).
Further reading
[edit]English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bunting, a nickname for someone who resembled the songbird.
Proper noun
[edit]Bunting (plural Buntings)
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bunting is the 4072nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8725 individuals. Bunting is most common among White (86.21%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bunting”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251.