Bode
English edit
Etymology edit
- 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 edit
Bode
- A surname.
- A male given name
- A city in Iowa
- A village in Nepal
- A river in Germany, a tributary to the Saale
- A small river and tributary to the Wipper
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bode”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179.