Bode as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bode

What is the meaning of the name Bode ?

The baby name Bode is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈboʊdi/ — "BOH-dee".

Bode is Germanic in Origin.

Bode is a masculine given name and surname with Germanic roots. As a personal name it traces to Old High German Bodo/Boto, from the element bod/bot “message, command,” hence “messenger” or “herald”; Dutch bode shares the same sense. The surname Bode also arose independently in northern Germany and the Low Countries, sometimes denoting someone living by the Bode River in the Harz.

Used as Bodo in medieval Frankish and German records - borne by clerics and nobles - the form Bode remained rare in the Anglophone world until the late 20th century. Its modern U.S. visibility owes much to champion skier Bode Miller, which also encouraged the sound-alike spelling Bodie. Variants and related forms include Bodo (German), Bodie and Bodee (English respellings), and the nickname Bo. Note that Bodhi, though frequently confused with Bode, is Sanskrit for “enlightenment” and unrelated etymologically.