# Bodie (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bodie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,640 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,863 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 116,949 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (2,339 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Body, Boddy, Boddie. * As a French surname, variant of Bodi, see Beaudin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bodie in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Boyd, Bode, Boddie, Body, Boda, Bodi, Bodo, Badie, Booth, Beatty, Beaty, Bethea.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.