The most common butler names tend to come from the movies which in turn borrowed their inspiration from actual British servants whom for years provided domestic support and assistance to the aristocracy in England. These names include: Alfred, Jeeves, Niles, Carson, Henry, Edmund, Robert and Geoffrey.

He was the fictional valet who fronted the search engine Ask.com for a decade, until being unceremoniously axed in 2006. Well, he’s back – for British users at least. Jeeves has been resurrected to return to his old job as Ask’s mascot after the American-owned company decided to plump for another rebrand.

Ask.com (originally known as Ask Jeeves) is a question answering–focused e-business founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California.

The 10 Greatest Butlers in Pop Culture History

• Reginald Jeeves. From: Jeeves & Wooster. First Appeared: 1915.
• Alfred Pennyworth. From: Batman.
• Lynn Belvedere. From: Mr.
• Edwin Jarvis. From: The Avengers.
• Riff Raff. From: * The Rocky Horror Show*
• Benson DuBois. From: Soap/Benson.
• Max. From: Hart to Hart.
• Wadsworth. From: Clue.

TL:DR – a lady butler is called a butler. She’s still a butler. Traditionally, a butler used to be a male position so the word butler may have male connotations. However, more and more females have become interested in this position and it is now gender neutral.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Butler, is a surname that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either: an English occupational name that originally denoted a servant in charge of the wine cellar, from the Norman French word butuiller.

The 10 Best TV Butlers

• 4 Joseph Anders: Dynasty (1981-1989, 2017-present)
• 5 Charles Carson: Downton Abbey (2010-2015)
• 6 Geoffrey Butler: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (1990-1996)
• 7 Max: Hart to Hart (1979-1984)
• 8 Benson DuBois: Benson (1979-1986)
• 9 Lynn Belvedere: Mr.
• 10 Alfred Pennyworth: Batman (1966-1968)

Though butlers in period dramas are all male and somewhat older, today women are working in the field, as are younger men. Many become butlers after they outgrow another job as a personal chef or a nanny, Feigon says.

In my experience the two most desirable qualities in a good butler are loyalty and discretion. Loyalty, but also the ability to ignore his pretensions (and there are many), and discretion as a confidant who can also stay socially aloof. A butler’s boss behaves in whatever way they deem fit to succeed.

The highest paid butler in the world is on US$2.2 million per year – he is based in the US Gary Williams, principal of the British Butler Institute. “A person with the right attitude and ability can expect to have a good career as a butler – but at the very top level be prepared to work long hours,” says Williams.

CNBC says the typical salary can range from $40,000 or $50,000 to as much as $200,000 for an experienced butler….How much does a butler cost?

The butler’s full-time annual salary is $40,000-$80,000 depending on credentials, experience, and duties.

Aside from handling the standard duties of a butler – managing staff, running the home, coordinating family schedules – butlers are sometimes being asked to cook, clean, watch the kids and do yard work.