The bode Surname
bode Name Meaning and History
- Dutch and German: occupational name for a messenger or representative, Dutch bode, Middle Low German bode. A bode was a medieval official with a variety of different functions.
- German and Danish: from the North German personal name Bodo, a derivative of Old Saxon bodo ‘messenger’.
- North German and Dutch: a topographic name from Middle Low German bode, bude ‘booth’, ‘small house’.
- Danish: habitational name from a place named Bode.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| BODE in Illinois | Lucy Phillips | 6 |
| Veteran Papers, Nicholas Bode/Boda, 1861-1862 |
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| Citizenship Paper, Charles F Bode, 1851 |
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| Bode family in Otterndorf |
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| Ernest Bode m. Frances Sulze, Aug 30, 1890, NYC, NY |
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| Joseph Bode in Germany |
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| Bode Family: Peter J Bode + 9 children |
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| Emil Bode relatives | Laela Hilding | 2 |
| A Bode in Germany | Jeffrey Bode | 40 |
| Ernest August Bode IL. | Totty | 13 |
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