The story
* As a Hungarian surname Bódi, from a short form of Bódizsár, a variant of the personal name Boldizsár, compare Baltazar. * Also as a Hungarian surname, from the adjective bódi (“fat, rotund”). * As an Italian surname, patronymic/plural of Bodo (of Germanic origin, from *budô (“messenger”)), and from Bodio in Varese or Ticino. * As a French Canadian surname, variant of Beaudin, compare Bodie.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.