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Bodin

Bodin proper noun: a surname from French.

Proper noun

Bodin (plural Bodins)

  1. A surname from French.
  2. A surname from French, variant of Beaudin.
  3. A surname from German
  4. A surname from German, variant of Boden
  5. An unknown-gender given name.

Forms of Bodin

pluralBodins

Origin of Bodin

* As an English and French surname of Norman origin, from Old French Bodin, a pet form of Bodo, borrowed from Germanic names containing the element *budô (“messenger”). Compare Beaudin. * As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”), compare Bodeen, Boden. * As a German surname, related to sense 1 above, and also from the place Boddin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Questions about Bodin

What does Bodin mean?
Bodin means a surname from French.
What part of speech is Bodin?
Bodin is a proper noun.

Words near Bodin in the dictionary

  1. bodily oath
  2. bodily oaths
  3. bodily process
  4. bodily processes
  5. Bodilys
  6. Bodin
  7. Bodine
  8. Bodines
  9. boding
  10. bodingly
  11. bodings

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