Bodfari

B3O1D2F4A1R1I1
/bɒdˈvæɹi/

proper noun

A village and community in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0970).

OriginMiddle Welsh barr →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and community in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0970).

Origin

  1. Middle Welshbarr
  2. EnglishBodfari

From Welsh, where the first element is probably bod (“to be”), but the second is less certain. Possibly named after a saint *Tyfarre, a name that parallels the second element of the Irish Saint Fin Barre, a word meaning "head, tip," from Middle Welsh barr, with the honorific Welsh prefix ty- (“revered, honored”), similar to Tyfrydog. If so, the development could have been Bod Tyfarre > Botfarre > Botfarri > Bodfari.

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APA

Bodfari. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bodfari

MLA

“Bodfari.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bodfari. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bodfari,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bodfari.

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