Etymology

Boden

B3O1D2E1N1

Today it means: An English surname common in Shropshire and the West Midlands area of central England. Full definition →

Old Saxon bodo
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  1. Old Saxon · derived frombodo
  2. English todayBoden

* As a north/Low German surname, derived from the personal name Bode, from the noun meaning "messenger" (Old Saxon bodo). * As a German surname, from the noun Boden (“bottom”). Compare Bottom. * As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”). Compare Bodin. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Buadáin (“descendant of Buadán”), see Bowden. * As an English surname, variant of Bawden.

Words from the same roots

Old Saxonbodo all →

bode

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