The bodley Surname
bodley Name Meaning and History
English (West Midlands): habitational name of uncertain origin:
probably from a lost settlement called Buddeley in Tabley Superior,
Cheshire. Another possibility is Budleigh in Devon (Bodelie in
Domesday Book), named with Old English budda ‘beetle’ (or the
same word used as a byname) + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| tracing my roots | Kevin Bodley | 7 |
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