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I was watching skiing yesterday and noticed American skier Bode Miller's name. The commentator pronounced it like 'body'. Is this the correct pronunciation? Also does anyone now something more about the name?
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Caprice on this board earlier asked about the meaning of the name Bode. Here was Elea's reply:
"This is what the "Dictionary of American Family Names" ed. Hanks, P. has for the surname Bode:
1.Dutch and German: occupational name for a messenger or representative, Dutch bode, Middle Low German bode. A bode was a medieval official with a variety of different functions.
2.German and Danish: from the North German personal name Bodo, a derivative of Old Saxon bodo ‘messenger’.
3.North German and Dutch: a topographic name from Middle Low German bode, bude ‘booth’, ‘small house’.
4.Danish: habitational name from a place named Bode."
"This is what the "Dictionary of American Family Names" ed. Hanks, P. has for the surname Bode:
1.Dutch and German: occupational name for a messenger or representative, Dutch bode, Middle Low German bode. A bode was a medieval official with a variety of different functions.
2.German and Danish: from the North German personal name Bodo, a derivative of Old Saxon bodo ‘messenger’.
3.North German and Dutch: a topographic name from Middle Low German bode, bude ‘booth’, ‘small house’.
4.Danish: habitational name from a place named Bode."
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Thank you very much!
I found some of those, but I don't think any of them are pr. the way his name is.
I found some of those, but I don't think any of them are pr. the way his name is.
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