Boda

Male
DWP
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Discussion of the name

Boda is an Old English masculine name derived from boda ‘messenger, herald’ (Insley 2003: 378; contra von Feilitzen 1937: 204)

The only entries in the PASE corpus are for Boda 1, a slave in Bedfordshire in the late tenth century, and Boda 2, a catch-all category for occurrences of this name in DB.

Bibliography

Insley 2003: J. Insley, ‘Pre-Conquest personal names’, Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde 23 (Berlin & New York, 2003)

von Feilitzen 1937: O. von Feilitzen, The Pre-Conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book (Uppsala, 1937)

Forms of the name

Distribution map of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

List of property and lordships associated with this name in DB

Holder 1066

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Hampshire 23,56 Binsted Boda Boda 'of Dean' Edward, king Odo, bishop of Bayeux Hugh de Port 1.00 0.50 1.00 D Map
Hampshire 45,6 East Dean Boda Boda 'of Dean' Edward, king Waleran the huntsman - 2.25 4.00 2.00 B Map
Wiltshire 37,14 Alderbury Bode Boda 'of Dean' - Waleran the huntsman Engenulph 'of Whaddon' 0.25 0.10 0.10 B Map
Wiltshire 68,33 Alderbury Bode Boda 'of Dean' - Edward 'of Alderbury' - 0.25 0.17 0.17 B Map
Totals

Subtenant in 1086

Shire Phil. ref. Vill DB Spelling Holder 1066 Lord 1066 Tenant-in-Chief 1086 1086 Subtenant Fiscal Value 1066 Value 1086 Value Conf. Show on Map
Hampshire 23,43 Over Wallop - Eadric, sheriff of Wiltshire Edward, king Hugh de Port Boda 1.00 0.50 0.50 D Map
Totals