Boot is both a Dutch and English metonymic occupational surname. In Dutch, boot (/ˈboːt/) sounds like and means boat and the name refers to a "boatman". In English the name refers to the maker or seller of boots.[1]
Boot:
Arnold Boot later Boate (1606-1653), Dutch physician, writer and Hebraist in IrelandCharles Boot (1874-1945), English businessmanCornelis Hendrik Boudewijn Boot (1813–1892), Dutch politicianEddie Boot (1915-1999), English footballerElise Boot (born 1932), Dutch jurist and former politicianFred Boot (born 1965), Dutch theatre producerGeoffrey Boot, Manx air racerGerard Boot later Boate (1604-1650), Dutch writer and physician in IrelandHarry Boot (1917-1983), English physicistHenri Frédéric Boot (1877–1963), Dutch painter and printmakerHenry Boot (1851–1931), English businessman and founder of Henry Boot PLC, father of Charles BootJaap Boot (1903-1986), Dutch track and field athleteJesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent (1850–1931), English businessmanJoe Boot (probably an alias), one of the last stagecoach robbers in the United States - see Pearl HartJohn Boot, 2nd Baron Trent (1889-1956), English businessman and philanthropist, son of Jesse BootLeonard Boot (1899-1937), English footballerMax Boot (born 1969), American author, consultant, editorialist, lecturer, and military historianMicky Boot (born c.1945), English footballerOliver Boot, English stage and television actorPat Boot (1914-1947), New Zealand athleteTon Boot (born 1940), Dutch basketball coach and playerVitali Boot, German amateur boxerWilliam Henry James Boot (1848–1918), English oil and watercolour artist, illustrator and authorBoots:
Dave Boots (born 1955), American college basketball coachGeorge Boots (1874–1928), Welsh international rugby union forwardPhil Boots, American politician