French: from a diminutive of Bout, which in some cases is
derived from Old French bout ‘end’, ‘extremity’, hence a
topographic name for someone who lived at the edge of a town or
village, and in others from a Germanic personal name formed with
bodo ‘messenger’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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