Butkus Explained

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]

People

• Carl Butkus (1922–1978), American football player
• Darius Butkus (born 1972), Lithuanian footballer
• Dick Butkus (1942–2023), American football player
• Goda Butkutė (born 1999), Lithuanian pair skater
• Juozas Butkus (1893–1947), Lithuanian writer
• Luke Butkus (born 1979), American football player
• Rihards Butkus (born 1972), Latvian footballer
• Vytautas Butkus (born 1949), Lithuanian rower
• (born 1951), Lithuanian historian

Notes and References

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