Bodfish Family History
Bodfish Name Meaning
English: nickname or occupational name from Middle English butte a term denoting some kind of fish + fish. It is probably a generic term for flatfish (sole fluke plaice turbot etc.) rather than a particular species. The surname may denote a seller of flatfish. Compare butt-woman ‘fishwife’ 1620 in the Oxford English Dictionary. Middle English butte is cognate with Swedish butta ‘turbot’ and Dutch bot ‘flounder’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022