Bode

See also: bode, bøde, bodě, bodę, and bódé

English

Etymology

• As a Dutch and German surname, from bode (“messenger”).
• As a German and Danish surname, from the name Bodo, derived from Old Saxon bodo (“messenger”), related to above.
• As a Dutch and German surname, from Bude (“booth, small house”).

Proper noun

Bode

1. A surname.
2. A male given name
3. A city in Iowa
4. A village in Nepal
5. A river in Germany, a tributary to the Saale
6. A small river and tributary to the Wipper

Derived terms

• Bode's law
• Titius-Bode law

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bode”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179.

Anagrams

• Debo, Obed, bedo