Bode Family History
Bode Name Meaning
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 leader’. North German and Dutch: topographic name from Middle Low German bōde būde ‘booth small house’. Danish: habitational name from a place called Bode. English: occupational name for a messenger from Middle English bode ‘herald messenger’ (Old English boda) or from the Middle English personal name Bode (Old English Boda) derived from the same word.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022