Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Masculine Usage Anglo-Saxon Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 1/28/2011 by keepitreal Edited 1/31/2012 by SeaHorse15 Meaning & History Old English name of uncertain meaning, perhaps related to Brythonic boud "victory". It coincides with an Old English word meaning "beetle" (and could be a byname derived from it).