Bunting
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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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251.