Bodean
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Bodean by the numbers
Bodean was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 1981, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Bodean
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 Bodean. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Boden36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bowenson of Owen129 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bowdencurved or bowed valley44 in the US (2017)
- Bowmanarcher, one who uses a bow38 in the US (2017)
- Bohdangift from god; ukrainian form of theodore7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Bogdangiven by god or gift of god11 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Bodean
Names that are said the same way as Bodean, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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