Kodi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kodi

What is the meaning of the name Kodi ?

The baby name Kodi is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced KOH-dee.

Kodi is English, Irish in Origin.

Kodi is chiefly a modern English respelling of Cody. The older name is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Cuidighthigh, with ó marking descent from an ancestor. Cuidightheach is built on Irish cuidigh, to help, plus a personal-noun ending, so the literal sense is descendant of the helper or helpful person. Some Cody families instead reflect Mac Óda, son of Óda, an Irish form of Odo from Germanic aud, wealth.

As a forename, Cody entered English use from the surname and became especially visible in the United States in the late twentieth century, helped by western and frontier associations around figures such as William F. Cody. Kodi is a later phonetic spelling, recorded for both sexes but more often treated as masculine in baby-name statistics. Related spellings include Kody, Codie, and Codey; its use is strongest in English-speaking countries rather than in Irish-language naming practice.