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 given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are al ...

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 Bede ( ; ang, Bǣda , ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, The Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable ( la, Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk at the monastery of St Peter and its companion monastery of St Paul in the Kingdom o ...

'' (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 Bodo Abel (* 18.January 1948) is a German Professor at the University of Hamburg in Business Administration, focused on“International Marketing”. He was till 2013 the program director of the international master program „MiBA – Master of ...

(born 1948), German professor *

Bodo Andreass Bodo Andreass (born 21 December 1955 in Eilenburg, Germany) is a German boxing coach who has coached German, Nigerian, South African and Australian national boxing teams. Boxing career Andreass boxed from 1964 to 1981 in East Germany. He was a m ...

(born 1955), German boxing coach *

Bodo Battenberg Bodo Battenberg (born 20 May 1963) is a German equestrian. He competed in the team eventing at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred ...

(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 Bodo Alexander Bischoff (born 24 April 1952) is a German musicologist and Choral conductor. Education and career Born in Bielefeld, Bischoff completed the old language learning at the in Zehlendorf (Berlin) ( Abitur 1971). A study of pedagogy ...

(born 1952), German musicologist and choral conductor *

Bodo Bittner Bodo Bittner (2 February 1940 – 23 September 2012) was a West German bobsledder who competed in the late 1970s. He was born in Berlin. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck Innsbruck (; b ...

(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 Heinz Horst Bodo Dettke, better known as Bodo Dettke, born 27 February 1967, is a Solomon Islands politician. His political career began when he was elected to Parliament as MP for North West Guadalcanal in the August 2010 general election. He ...

(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 Bodo Ferl (born 20 January 1963) is an East German bobsledder who competed from the mid to late 1980s. He won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 1985 and a bronze in 1989. Ferl also finished ...

(born 1959), East German retired bobsledder * Bodo Hauser (1946–2004), German journalist and writer *

Bodo Hell Bodo Hell (born 15 March 1943 in Salzburg) is an Austrian writer. He studied the Organ (music), organ with the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Mozarteum, Salzburg, and in Vienna he studied Film and Television, Philosophy, German Studies and Hi ...

(born 1943), Austrian writer *

Bodo von Hodenberg Bodo von Hodenberg (3 April 1604 – 20 September 1650) was a German regional administrator and poet. Leben Born in Hudemühlen, Hodenberg was the son of Marquard von Hodenberg and Margarethe Münnich. At age 24, he was legitimised on 1 August 1 ...

(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 Bodo Igesz (February 7, 1935 in Amsterdam – December 25, 2014 in New York City) was a Dutch stage director who had an active career staging operas around the world during the second half of the 20th century. He was particularly known for his work ...

(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 goa ...

(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 Bodo Klimpel (born 12 November 1963) is a German politician ( CDU). He was the mayor of the North Rhine-Westphalian town Haltern am See and is now the Landrat (district chief) of the District Recklinghausen. Life Klimpel was born in Rourkela ...

(born 1963), German politician *

Bodo Kox Bodo Kox (born April 22, 1977, Wrocław, Poland, birth name: Bartosz Koszała), is a Polish film director, actor, and screenwriter, known for award-winning feature films '' The Girl from the Wardrobe'' (2013) and '' The Man with the Magic Box'' (20 ...

(born 1977), Polish film director, actor, and screenwriter *

Bodo Kuhn Bodo Kuhn (born 9 August 1967) is a German sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seo ...

(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 Professor Bodo Linnhoff (born 1948) is a chemical engineer and academic who developed Pinch Analysis, a methodology for minimising energy usage in the process industries.New Scientist 14 September 1996 "Millionaire's Row" In its early days, the t ...

(born 1948), chemical engineer and academic *

Bodo Lukowski Bodo Lukowski (born 2 June 1961) is a German wrestler. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 198 ...

(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 1755. ...

(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 Lt. Colonel Jhr. Bodo Sandberg (September 23, 1914 - May 2, 2005) was a fighter pilot in the Royal Netherlands Air Force and 'Engelandvaarder' during World War II. He was awarded the Cross of Merit and the Airman's Cross for his bravery during t ...

(1914–2005), Dutch military pilot *

Bodo Schäfer Bodo Schäfer (born 10 September 1960 in Cologne) is a German author and public speaker. He is described as ''financial coach'' and has written several books with international impact about wealth-building, success and positioning. Publications ...

(born 1960), German author and public speaker *

Bodo Schiffmann Bodo may refer to: Ethnicity * Boro people, an ethno-linguistic group mainly from Northwest Assam, India * Bodo-Kachari people, an umbrella group from Nepal, India and Bangladesh that includes the Bodo people Culture and language * Boro cult ...

(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 Bodo Schmidt (born September 3, 1967 in Niebüll) is a German football coach and a former player who manages SV Frisia 03 Risum-Lindholm. Honours * UEFA Cup finalist: 1993 * Bundesliga: 1995, 1996; runner-up 1992 * DFL-Supercup: 1995 File:1995 ...

(born 1967), German football coach and former player *

Bodo Sieber Bodo Sieber (born 10 January 1979) is an entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Tagmarshal Golf Course Optimization Technology and previously co-founded Berlin-based platform for social causes called betterplace.org. Sieber is a former Germany, Germ ...

(born 1979), German former international rugby union player *

Bodo Sperlein Bodo Sperlein is a German-born designer. Having studied Three Dimensional Design at Camberwell College of Arts, part of the University of the Arts London. He set up a self-titled design consultancy where he is Creative Director at the Oxo Tower ...

, 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 __NOTOC__ Bodo Spranz (1 January 1920 – 1 September 2007) was a German researcher of preclassic meso-American history and director of the ethnological museum in Freiburg. During World War II he was a hauptmann in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany r ...

(1920–2007), German researcher, director, and ethnologist *

Bodo Thyssen Bodo Thyssen (1918–2004) was a German industrialist and medical doctor, son of Hans Thyssen and wife and grandson of Josef Thyssen, the younger brother of August Thyssen. His businesses included Telefonbau & Normalzeit, Thyssen-Heizkessel an ...

(1918–2004), German industrialist and medical doctor *

Bodo Tümmler Bodo Tümmler (born 8 December 1943) is a German former middle-distance runner. He competed for West Germany at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the 1500 meter event, and won a bronze medal in 1968. Biography Tümmler was born in Toruń (Thorn), pa ...

(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 Prus ...

(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 Bodo Balthasar von Dewitz (11 April 1950 – 17 November 2017) was a German art historian. His work focused on historical photography. Life was born in Göttingen. After starting a commercial apprenticeship in the art trade, he studied German ...

(1950–2017), German art historian *

Bodo Zimmermann Bodo Zimmermann (26 November 1886 – 16 April 1963) was a Nazi Germany, 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 ...

(1886–1963), German general

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