Bodo (variants ''Botho, Boto, Boddo, Potho, Boda, Puoto'', etc.) is an

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...

name, also adopted in Modern German. It is in origin a short name or

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

for

Germanic name Germanic languages, Germanic given names are traditionally wikt:dithematic, dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, Ethelred II of England, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', f ...

s with a first element ''Bod-, Puot-'', reflecting the verbal root '' beud-'' "to bid, command".Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' s.v. BUD As a monothematic name, Old High German ''Boto'', Old Saxon ''Bodo'', could mean "lord, commander" or alternatively "messenger" (c.f. Old English ''bod'' "command; message", ''boda'' "messenger, angel"). Full dithematic names with this first element (attested for the medieval period but not surviving into modern use) included ''Bodegisil, Bothad, Bodomar, Boderad, Poterich, Bodirid, Butwin, Potelfrid, Botolf, Podalolf, Bodenolf''. The Anglo-Saxon cognate is '' Beda'' (West Saxon ''Bīeda'', Northumbrian ''Bǣda'', Anglian ''Bēda'').J. Insley, "Portesmutha" in: ''Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'' vol. 23, Walter de Gruyter (2003), 291.

Middle Ages

Bodo (deacon) Bodo (c. 814 – 876) was a Frankish deacon at the court of Emperor Louis the Pious, who caused a notorious case of apostasy in the Europe of his day. Life In early 838, Bodo declared that he was embarking to make a pilgrimage to Rome, but instead ...

(c. 814–876), German deacon who converted to Judaism, assuming the name of Eleazar *

Bodo VII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode Count Bodo VII of Stolberg and Wernigerode (1375 – 15 March 1455 in Stolberg), also known as Bodo the Elder, was a German nobleman. He ruled the counties of Stolberg in the southern Harz and Wernigerode in the northern Harz. Life Bodo was t ...

(1375–1455), German count *

Bodo III, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode Count Bodo III of Stolberg-Wernigerode (4 January 1467 − 22 June 1538), nicknamed "the Blissful", was Count of Stolberg and Hohnstein and Lord of Wernigerode from 1511 until his death. Life He was born in Stolberg, the son of Count Henry IX ...

(1467–1538), German count

Modern era

* Bodo Abel (born 1948), German professor * Bodo Andreass (born 1955), German boxing coach * Bodo Battenberg (born 1963), German equestrian *

Bodo Baumgarten Bodo Baumgarten (born 25 November 1940) is a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and educator. He is a former professor at Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (HBK) in Saarland. Biography Bodo Baumgarten was born on 25 November 1940 in ...

(born 1940), German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and educator * Bodo Bischoff (born 1952), German musicologist and choral conductor * Bodo Bittner (1940–2012), West German bobsledder *

Bodo Bockenauer Bodo Bockenauer (born 22 December 1940) is a German former figure skater. He is a two-time Blue Swords champion, a three-time East German national champion, and represented the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Winter Olympics, finishing 16th. ...

(born 1940), German former figure skater * Bodo Dettke (born 1967), Solomon Islands politician *

Bodo Ebhardt Bodo Heinrich Justus Ebhardt (5 January 1865, Bremen – 13 February 1945 at Marksburg near Braubach) was a German architect, architectural historian, castle explorer, and founder and longtime president of the German Castles Association (''Deut ...

(1865–1945), German architect, architectural historian, and castle explorer * Bodo Ferl (born 1959), East German retired bobsledder * Bodo Hauser (1946–2004), German journalist and writer * Bodo Hell (born 1943), Austrian writer * Bodo von Hodenberg (1604–1650), German regional administrator and poet *

Bodo Hombach Bodo Hombach (born 19 August 1952) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Early life and education Bodo Hombach was born in Mülheim on the Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia. After training to become a telecommunicati ...

(born 1952), German politician * Bodo Igesz (1935–2014), Dutch stage director *

Bodo Illgner Bodo Illgner (; born 7 April 1967) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his career he played for 1. FC Köln and Real Madrid, and helped West Germany to the 1990 World Cup, where he became the first goalk ...

(born 1967), German former football goalkeeper *

Bodo Kirchhoff Bodo Kirchhoff (born 6 July 1948) is a German writer and novelist. He was born in Hamburg before moving with his family to Kirchzarten in the Black Forest in 1955, which he describes as a culture shock. In addition to writing literary fiction, he ...

(born 1948), German writer and novelist * Bodo Klimpel (born 1963), German politician * Bodo Kox (born 1977), Polish film director, actor, and screenwriter * Bodo Kuhn (born 1967), German sprinter *

Bodo Lafferentz Bodo Lafferentz (27 July 1897 – 17 January 1974) was a member of the Nazi Party from 1933 and an '' SS-Obersturmbannführer'' (Lieutenant Colonel) from 1939. In 1937, he was made a manager along with Ferdinand Porsche and Jakob Werlin of the ' ...

(1897–1974), German Nazi member and high-ranking SS officer * Bodo Linnhoff (born 1948), chemical engineer and academic * Bodo Lukowski (born 1961), German wrestler *

Bodo Otto Dr. Bodo Otto (17111787) was a Senior Surgeon of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was one of the early settlers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, having emigrated from the Electorate of Hanover in what is now Germany in 175 ...

(1711–1787), German-born American physician *

Bodo Ramelow Bodo Ramelow (; born 16 February 1956) is a German politician who has served since 4 March 2020 as Minister-President of Thuringia, an office he previously held from 2014 to 5 February 2020. He is the first head of a German state government to ...

(born 1956), German politician *

Bodo Rudwaleit Bodo Rudwaleit (born 3 August 1957) is a German former football goalkeeper who played as goalkeeper for the record champion BFC Dynamo from 1976 to 1989. Career Early years Rudwaleit began playing football for enterprise sports community BS ...

(born 1957), German former football goalkeeper * Bodo Sandberg (1914–2005), Dutch military pilot * Bodo Schäfer (born 1960), German author and public speaker * Bodo Schiffmann (born 1968), German doctor and conspiracy activist *

Bodo Schlegelmilch Bodo B. Schlegelmilch is Chair of the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and Business Graduate Association (BGA) as well as Professor and Chair of the Institute for International Marketing at WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austr ...

, business educator, academic, and marketing theorist * Bodo Schmidt (born 1967), German football coach and former player * Bodo Sieber (born 1979), German former international rugby union player * Bodo Sperlein, German product designer and brand consultant *

Bodo Sperling Bodo Sperling (born 6 May 1952) is a German artist, painter, and inventor. Life Sperling grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig, Amsterdam and Berlin. He started his artistic career in Amsterdam. There he sold his pictures he had painted duri ...

(born 1952), German artist, painter, and inventor * Bodo Spranz (1920–2007), German researcher, director, and ethnologist * Bodo Thyssen (1918–2004), German industrialist and medical doctor * Bodo Tümmler (born 1943), German former middle distance runner *

Bodo Uhse Bodo Uhse (12 March 1904 in Rastatt, Grand Duchy of Baden – 2 July 1963 in Berlin) was a German writer, journalist and political activist. He was recognised as one of the most prominent authors in East Germany. Early years Uhse came from a ...

(1904–1963), German writer, journalist, and political activist *

Bodo von Borries Bodo von Borries (born 22 May 1905 in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany — died 17 July 1956 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia) was a German physicist. He was the co-inventor of the electron microscope. Von Borries studied electrical en ...

(1905–1956), German physicist * Bodo von Dewitz (1950–2017), German art historian *

Bodo Zimmermann Bodo Zimmermann (26 November 1886 – 16 April 1963) was a German general during the Second World War. He also was one of the few recipients of both German crosses (in Gold and in Silver). Biography Bodo Zimmermann was born in Metz on November 1 ...

(1886–1963), German general

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