Fun Facts About the Name Bodhie
- 17 babies named Bodhie: U.S. records list 17 babies given the name Bodhie from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Bodhie Mean?
Bodhie is a spelling variant of Bodhi, a name taken from Sanskrit bodhi, meaning "awakening" or "enlightenment." The Sanskrit term comes from the verb root budh-, "to wake," "to know," or "to understand," the same root behind buddha, "awakened one." In Buddhist usage, bodhi is the awakening attained by a Buddha; that is the word's literal sense rather than a later symbolic reading. The final -ie is an English spelling convention and is not part of the Sanskrit form.
Bodhie Name History & Origins
The word bodhi entered English through Buddhist texts and the Western study of Buddhism. It is best known from the Bodhi tree, the fig tree (Ficus religiosa) at Bodh Gaya in India under which, by tradition, Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening and became the Buddha.
Bodhi has been used as a given name in English-speaking countries, and Bodhie is a later spelling that adds the common English ending -ie. It appears alongside other phonetic respellings rather than as a separate traditional name. Bodhi is also the name of a character in the 1991 film Point Break; that is a modern use in popular culture, not the source of the name.
How Popular is the Name Bodhie?
Bodhie has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #8,373 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,035 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #8,373 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Bodhie Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are frank, methodical and believe in law, system and order.
You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
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