Best Nicknames

Butch can be boy or man’s Nickname

Origin: various

Meaning: tough kid, thought to be a shortened form of butcher; also a nickname used as a method of differentiating father and son when both had the same first name

Famous people nicknamed Butch

1. Butch Cassidy (1866-1908), American train and bank robber,
born Robert Leroy Parker
2. Butch Ballard (1918-2011), American jazz drummer,
born George Edward Ballard
3. Butch Jenkins (1937-2001), American child actor,
born Jack Dudley Jenkins
 

 
More Butches:

• Butch Davis, American football coach,
  born Paul Hilton Davis, Jr.
• Butch Goring, Canadian ice hockey pro,
  born Robert Goring
• Butch Hartman IV, American animator,
  born Elmer Earl Hartman
• Butch Johnson, American football pro,
  born Michael McColly Johnson
• Butch Johnson, Olympic archer,
  born Richard Andrew Johnson
• Butch Keeling, Canadian hockey pro,
  born Melville Sydney Keeling
• Butch Patrick, American child actor,
  born Patrick Alan Lilley
• Butch Vig, American drummer, record producer,
  born Bryan David Vig
• Butch Wynegar, American baseball pro,
  born Harold Delano Wynegar, Jr.