Boot (surname)

Boot is both a Dutch and English metonymic occupational surname. In Dutch, boot sounds like and means boat and the name refers to a "boatman". In English the name refers to the maker or seller of boots.

Boot

Alexander Boot, Russian journalist and author
Arnold Boot later Boate, Dutch physician, writer and Hebraist in Ireland
Charles Boot, English businessman
Cornelis Hendrik Boudewijn Boot, Dutch politician
Eddie Boot, English footballer
Elise Boot, Dutch jurist and former politician
Fred Boot, Dutch theatre producer
Gerard Boot later Boate, Dutch writer and physician in Ireland
Gladys Boot, British actress
Harry Boot, English physicist
Henri Frédéric Boot, Dutch painter and printmaker
Henry Boot, English businessman, founder of Henry Boot PLC, father of Charles
Jaap Boot, Dutch track and field athlete
Jeremy Boot, Australian bird and wildlife painter
Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent, English businessman
Joe Boot, one of the last stagecoach robbers in the US - see Pearl Hart
John Boot, 2nd Baron Trent, English businessman and philanthropist, son of Jesse Boot
Leonard Boot, English footballer
Max Boot, American author, lecturer, and military historian
Micky Boot, English footballer
Oliver Boot, English actor
Pat Boot, New Zealand athlete
Ton Boot, Dutch basketball coach and player
Vitali Boot, German amateur boxer
William Henry James Boot, English artist, illustrator and author