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 (born 1948), Russian journalist and author Arnold Boot later Boate (1606–1653), Dutch physician, writer and Hebraist in Ireland Charles Boot (1874–1945), English businessman Cornelis Hendrik Boudewijn Boot (1813–1892), Dutch politician Eddie Boot (1915–1999), English footballer Elise Boot (1932–2023), Dutch jurist and former politician Fred Boot (born 1965), Dutch theatre producer Gerard Boot later Boate (1604–1650), Dutch writer and physician in Ireland Gladys Boot (1890–1964), British actress Harry Boot (1917–1983), English physicist Henri Frédéric Boot (1877–1963), Dutch painter and printmaker Henry Boot (1851–1931), English businessman, founder of Henry Boot PLC, father of Charles Jaap Boot (1903–1986), Dutch track and field athlete Jeremy Boot (born 1948), Australian bird and wildlife painter Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent (1850–1931), English businessman Joe Boot (probably an alias), one of the last stagecoach robbers in the US - see Pearl Hart John Boot, 2nd Baron Trent (1889–1956), English businessman and philanthropist, son of Jesse Boot Leonard Boot (1899–1937), English footballer Max Boot (born 1969), American author, lecturer, and military historian Micky Boot (born 1947), English footballer Oliver Boot (born 1979), English actor Pat Boot (1914–1947), New Zealand athlete Ton Boot (born 1940), Dutch basketball coach and player Vitali Boot, German amateur boxer William Henry James Boot (1848–1918), English artist, illustrator and author
Boots
Cornelius Boots, American composer and multi-instrumentalist Dave Boots (born 1955), American college basketball coach George Boots (1874–1928), Welsh international rugby union forward Mathieu Boots (born 1975), Dutch retired football player Phil Boots, American politician
See also
Boots (nickname) Boott, a variation of the surname