Bunting

Bunting

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist R.H. Bunting (fl. 1923).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

From bunting, a nickname for someone who resembled the songbird.

Bunting (plural Buntings)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bunting is the 4072^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8725 individuals. Bunting is most common among White (86.21%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bunting”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 251.