Buchta Family History
Buchta Name Meaning
German: habitational name from a place near the Czech border named Buchbach from a dissimilated form of its local (dialect) name Buchba. German: habitational name from a place called Buchte in Brandenburg. Czech Slovak Polish and East German (of Slavic origin): from buchta ‘oven-baked yeast dumpling’ used as a metonymic occupational name for a baker of these or as a nickname for a clumsy awkward person. Compare Czech Buchtel Czech: possibly also from a derivative of the personal name Buch
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022