Bodë
surname · Latin script
Bodë is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Verb from Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake,.
- DEGermany≈1 in 5K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 12K
- TGTogo≈1 in 19K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bodë itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 337 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Bode in US United States, DE Germany, NG Nigeria and 1 more and Boede in TD Chad.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Middle Englishboden(measured from records)
- Old Englishbodian“announce“announce, foretell”(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*budōną“to proclaim“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰewdʰ-“to be awake“to be awake, perceive fully”(measured from records)
- Middle Englishbod(measured from records)
- Old Englishbod(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*budą“message“message, offer”(measured from records)
Verb from Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). See bid. Noun from Middle English bod, from Old English bod, from Proto-Germanic *budą (“message, offer”). Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode.
Cited for this meaning 5
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
- Wiktionary
- Nordic Names
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Bodë counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #337 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Bode | 162 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈7,300 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Bode | 65 |
| US United States | — | 5,824 | 1 in 57K | 5.9K | Bode | 337 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 1,400 | 1 in 12K | 1.4K | Bode | 55 |
| TD Chad | #655 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Boede | 1 |
| TG Togo | — | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 19K | 1 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bodë mean, and where does it come from?
- Verb from Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-Germanic *budōną (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake,… Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 3 other sources.
- In which country does Bodë have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Bodë in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bode.
- How common is the name Bodë?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,824 people named Bodë in 2010, about 1 in 57 thousand residents.
- How common is Bodë compared with other names?
- In Germany, Bodë is the 337th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bodë” — the 337th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.