Buhler

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Buehler in US United States, GB United Kingdom, IT Italy and 9 more and Bühler in DE Germany, ES Spain, AT Austria and 1 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Buhler is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate surname605 records spelled Buhler4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Bühler, Būhler, Bűhler

• Swahili surname122 records spelled Buhler3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, Canada, South Africa

  Also written Bühler

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Buhler is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, synonym of Buhle (“beloved”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alexandra Bühlerb. 17841786-1836
• Robert Buhlerb. 1916GBBritish artist (1916–1989)
• Larry Buhlerb. 1917USAmerican football player (1917-1990)
• Rich Buhlerb. 1946USAmerican radio talk show host and author
• Carlos Buhlerb. 1954USAmerican mountain climber
• Pierre Buhlerb. 1954FRFrench diplomat
• Victor Buhlerb. 1972American television and film director
• Charlie Buhlerb. 1987USfilm director
• Jeff BuhlerUSscreenwriter
• Verena BuhlerCACanadian cyclist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 38 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Buhler?

We estimate roughly 17 thousand people bear Buhler (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Buhler have the most bearers?

Buhler is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled bühler.

How common is Buhler compared with other names?

In Germany, Buhler is the 451st most common surname of 734,811 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Buhler mean?

Recorded meaning: from Buolo, or possibly from a place name Buchloh