Bud (first name)
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)