56%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage German, Germanic [1] Meaning & History Derived from the Old High German element bot, Old Saxon bod meaning "command, order" (Proto-Germanic *budą). Saint Bodo, also called Leudinus, was a 7th-century bishop of Toul in northern France. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootbod/botOther Languages & CulturesBode(Low German) User SubmissionBodó Name DaysName Days? Austria: February 2 Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 320.