Bodin

B3O1D2I1N1

proper noun

A surname from French.

OriginOld French Bodin →
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Meanings

proper nounBodin (plural Bodins)

plural Bodins

  1. A surname
    1. A surname from French.
    2. A surname from French, variant of Beaudin.
    3. A surname from German
    4. A surname from German, variant of Boden
  2. An unknown-gender given name.

Origin

  1. Old FrenchBodin
  2. EnglishBodin

* As an English and French surname of Norman origin, from Old French Bodin, a pet form of Bodo, borrowed from Germanic names containing the element *budô (“messenger”). Compare Beaudin. * As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”), compare Bodeen, Boden. * As a German surname, related to sense 1 above, and also from the place Boddin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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BondiBinodbidonDobin
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APA

Bodin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bodin

MLA

“Bodin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bodin. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bodin,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bodin.

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