Boady
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Boady by the numbers
Boady was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Boady
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Boady. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bradybroad, wide; a surname used as a given name1,737 in the US (2017)
- Bowdy9 in the US (2017)
- Brodyditch or muddy place491 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bobbybright fame; from Robert544 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bradynbroad valley; a modern spelling of Braden109 in the US (2017)
- Bohdiawakening or enlightenment; form of Bodhi26 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Boady
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