Bode

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A city in Iowa.
  4. A village in Nepal.
  5. A river in Germany, a tributary to the Saale
  6. A small river and tributary to the Wipper

Origin

* As a Dutch and German surname, from bode (“messenger”). * As a German and Danish surname, from the name Bodo, derived from Old Saxon bodo (“messenger”), related to above. * As a Dutch and German surname, from Bude (“booth, small house”).

Derived

Bode's law Titius-Bode law