Boutet — Family Name, Records and Arms

Boutet sits within the Boutin family of names, which has French roots. The family name meaning is “Little Bout”, the same as for Boutin. Records show Boutet as one of the forms Boutin took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Bout.

French civil records give 9,586 births under the name Boutet from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970. Births ran at 520 in 1891–1900 and 810 in 1991–2000.

Arms linked to Boutin and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Boutet family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.