Billeter Family History
Billeter Name Meaning
Swiss German: habitational name for someone from Bilten (formerly Biliton) in the canton Glarus. German: occupational name for a military quartermaster from French billet here ‘certificate or voucher’ (held by soldiers to be given lodgings) a loanword dating back to the Thirty Years War. English (London): occupational name from Old English belle + gēotere ‘bell-founder’. See Billiter .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022