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Gender: Female Origin of Butterfly: English word name

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The name Butterfly is a girl's name of English origin. Butterfly and is often added to lists like Middle Names for Girls and discussed in our forums with posts like "Names on NB that make you go WOW!".

From the experts:

Fluttery and flighty. But there are a couple of names that mean butterfly you might consider, such as Yara and Farasha.

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Famous People Named Butterfly

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Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen, American actress
Butterfly Giselle Grace Boucher, Australian singer-songwriter
Julia Lorraine "Butterfly" Hill, American environmental activist

Pop Culture References for the name Butterfly

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Butterfly, nickname of Cio-Cio Sang in Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly"
Janet "Butterfly" Taylor, character in the "Orphans" series by V.C. Andrews
Arlene "Butterfly," character in movie "Death Proof"
Butterfly, character in movie "K-11"
"Butterfly Effect", song by Travis Scott

Butterfly's International Variations

Babochka (Russian) Fella (Italian) Farasha (Arabic) Borboleta (Portuguese) Papillon (French)

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Comments

RainstreamofSpiritClan Says:

2018-03-18T06:09:07

That's very specific.

nuki.h09 Says:

2018-02-27T10:09:31

My middle 2nd middle name is Butterfly, I do get a lot of comments on it and people love it! I've never met anybody else with this name (yet!)

indiefendi2 Says:

2017-01-17T06:17:30

this isn't even a pretty word let alone a pretty name. this is for the same people who like Rainbow, Cricket, and Zeppelin.

HayleyWebb Says:

2017-01-17T02:32:18

I feel like this is a name that a 15-year old white trash druggie would name her kid, thinking that it would be cute to have a 5-year old named Butterfly, and when the daughter was 16 she ran away from home, changed her name, and never spoke to her mum again.

FractalShadow Says:

2016-08-26T20:17:39

Mariposa is cute!

sometimeschessie Says:

2016-06-13T23:15:10

Maybe the Spanish "Mariposa" will suit better? It's still ultra-feminine, but loses the hippie/stripper vibe.

TheaFox Says:

2015-04-27T20:36:28

amen

mschull Says:

2015-04-22T15:27:11

Serious white trash name.

PoppyOrangey Says:

2014-12-19T00:19:45

Maybe a cute toddler nickname, but do you really want your daughter the lawyer, doctor, etc. growing up with the name Butterfly?... She will most likely change it.

AoifeORegan Says:

2014-12-08T23:28:46

I feel like that's not the only thing wrong with this...

Theodora_Phoenix Says:

2014-05-24T14:21:53

I know it's silly but for some reason I really like it.

fuzzycub Says:

2014-04-27T23:30:56

"Butt" is not a good nickname.

CocoWhite Says:

2014-04-17T00:55:04

Could maybe work for a middle name, but I don't think I'd use it as a first. Too flowery and impractical.