Where Does the Boden Surname Come From?

Boden is a spelling of the German surname Bode. Its meaning, shared with Bode, is “messenger”.

• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.
• Records show Boden as one of the forms Bode took over time.
• Other spellings include Bothe.

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