Bodman

English

Etymology

Two possible origins:

• English occupational surname for a messenger, from Middle English bode (“messenger”) + man (“man”).
• Americanized spelling of German Bodmann, itself a variant of Bodemann.

Proper noun

Bodman (plural Bodmans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bodman is the 41359^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 526 individuals. Bodman is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bodman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 180.

Anagrams

• bandom