Bode
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning herald, messenger; from boda.
How Bode has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #849 |
| 2018 | #922 |
| 2019 | #956 |
| 2020 | #821 |
| 2021 | #824 |
| 2022 | #960 |
| 2024 | #804 |
| 2025 | #748 |
Bode by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Bode. In the US, 170 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 294 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bode. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Bode
Names that are said the same way as Bode, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Boydyellow, fair-haired122 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Bode, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Malachimy messenger or my king2,514 in the US (2017)
- Angelomessenger or angel; from angelos1,020 in the US (2017)
- Malakaimy messenger; variant of Malachi804 in the US (2017)
- Deaconmessenger; from diakonos575 in the US (2017)
- UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bode
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