Bud (first name)

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Bud is an English male given name .

Origin and meaning

Bud is originally a nickname and means friend

Well-known namesake

  • Bud Abbott (1895–1974), American actor, actually William Alexander Abbott
  • Bud Cort (* 1948), American actor, actually Walter Edward Cox
  • Bud Freeman (1906–1991), American tenor saxophonist
  • Bud Gulka (born 1947), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Bud Jacobson (≈1900-), American jazz musician
  • Bud Powell (1924–1966), American jazz pianist, actually Earl Bud Powell
  • Bud Scott (1890–1949), American jazz pianist
  • Bud Shank (1926–2009), American jazz musician, actually Clifford Shank
  • Bud Spencer (1929–2016), Italian actor and author, actually Carlo Pedersoli
  • Bud Svendsen (1915–1996), American football player, actually Earl Gilbert Svendsen

See also

  • Bud (disambiguation)