The bodo Surname

bodo Name Meaning and History

Hungarian (Bodó): from the old secular name Bodó, a derivative of the personal name Bod.
Polish: perhaps from a pet form of the Old Slavic personal name Ostrobod, composed of the elements ostro ‘sharp’ + bod, from bode ‘to stab’, ‘prick’.
Respelling of French Baudot, from a personal name derived from the Germanic root bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’.

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Distribution of bodo Families in the US in 1920

Number of bodo families

8-14

3-7

1-2

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Bodo's from Hungary	Linda Caroots	7
Family history	Anna Bodo	6
Bodo's in Nagyivan?	Les Schubert	2
Bodo	deweytx	1
BODO, Marton	sarahflo	2
Michael Bodo (from Austria Hungry Connecticut	mlgagner	0
Scilina Bodo	jacote1973	0
Elizabeth Mary Bodo, Jamestown, ND.	Morris W. Fankhanel	0
Joseph Bodo	Dewey F Brousseau	0

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