Bodiford Family History
Bodiford Name Meaning
English (Devon): rare habitational name from Bideford a seaport in North Devon which is named with the Cornish river name Bȳd the name of a local stream + Old English ea ‘river’ + ford ‘ford’. Bodiford is recorded in 1607 as a pronunciation of the placename.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022