Gender: Boy
Meaning: Messenger, shelter
Origin: Old Norse/English
Popularity: Ranked #346 in 2024 with 980 babies born.
History: Bodie surged in the 2020s as a rugged, outdoorsy name. Bodie, California is a famous ghost town — a perfectly preserved relic of the Gold Rush era. Point Break's Bodhi (different spelling) represents the surfer-philosopher archetype. The name captures the American romance with the Wild West and the waves. Bodie means ghost towns and surfboards.
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Bodie? About 1 in 3,335 babies born in 2024 were named Bodie, or roughly 2.7 per day in the United States.
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