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.http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=boot
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- Alexander Boot (born 1948), Russian journalist and author
- Arnold Boot later Boate (1606âÂÂ1653), Dutch physician, writer and Hebraist in Ireland
- Charles Boot (1874âÂÂ1945), English businessman
- Cornelis Hendrik Boudewijn Boot (1813âÂÂ1892), Dutch politician
- Eddie Boot (1915âÂÂ1999), English footballer
- Elise Boot (1932âÂÂ2023), Dutch jurist and former politician
- Fred Boot (born 1965), Dutch theatre producer
- Gerard Boot later Boate (1604âÂÂ1650), Dutch writer and physician in Ireland
- Gladys Boot (1890âÂÂ1964), British actress
- Harry Boot (1917âÂÂ1983), English physicist
- Henri Frédéric Boot (1877âÂÂ1963), Dutch painter and printmaker
- Henry Boot (1851âÂÂ1931), English businessman, founder of Henry Boot PLC, father of Charles
- Jaap Boot (1903âÂÂ1986), Dutch track and field athlete
- Jeremy Boot (born 1948), Australian bird and wildlife painter
- Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent (1850âÂÂ1931), English businessman
- Joe Boot (probably an alias), one of the last stagecoach robbers in the US - see Pearl Hart
- John Boot, 2nd Baron Trent (1889âÂÂ1956), English businessman and philanthropist, son of Jesse Boot
- Leonard Boot (1899âÂÂ1937), 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 (1914âÂÂ1947), New Zealand athlete
- Ton Boot (born 1940), Dutch basketball coach and player
- Vitali Boot, German amateur boxer
- William Henry James Boot (1848âÂÂ1918), English artist, illustrator and author
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