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Surname Etymology and Meaning of BODELL

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. English (Midlands): of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Beadle.
2. Swedish: from bod ‘small hut’ + -ell, a frequent suffix of surnames, from the Latin adjectival ending -elius.
3. Perhaps an altered spelling of German Bodelle, an occupational name for a beadle. Compare Bittel.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)