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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Bodo m. Old High German boto 'messenger' or a diminutive of any name containing this element, such as Reinbod.

Estonia
Middle Low German
1394 Bode BbRT p. 341
1364 Bodike BbRT p. 334
France
Latin
937x993 Bodo (nom) St-Barnard-Romans no. 80
Germany
Latin
822x875 Boda (nom) TradCorb §191, Bodo (nom) ibid. §40; 963x1023 Buto (nom) ibid. §227; 1214 Bodo (nom) hennes-vol1 16
Italy
Latin
915 Poto (nom) RCI-Cam1 2, Potoni (dat) ibid. 2
Latvia
Latin
1290 Bodo (nom) RigSB 139; 1294 Bodo (nom) ibid. 155; 1296 Bodo (nom) ibid. 177
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Bodo". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Bodo.