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Prononciation of baby name - Bodie

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BabyHibbitt · 01/01/2023 10:15

Hi, we’re due in Feb with a baby girl and really like the name Bodie - but would like to find out how people would pronounce it first. It would be great to get your thoughts please!

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TabithaTittlemouse · 01/01/2023 10:17

Bow as in hair bow and Dee as in Sandra Dee.

SuperPup86 · 01/01/2023 10:17

Bow dee (Bow rhyming with flow)

SquigglePigs · 01/01/2023 10:17

TabithaTittlemouse · 01/01/2023 10:17

Bow as in hair bow and Dee as in Sandra Dee.

I'd go with this too.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 01/01/2023 10:19

Like Miss Jean Brodie minus the r.

TheGriffle · 01/01/2023 10:19

I can only think of the one pronunciation. The same as above, Bow (to rhyme with flow) Dee.

AuntieStella · 01/01/2023 10:20

Bodie and Doyle

so to rhyme with Flow-Dee

Sevensilverrings · 01/01/2023 10:20

I only know one, a boy with spelling Bodhi. Pronounced with an ‘o’ like in ‘code’ and the ‘hi’ at the end like in ‘roadie’, if that makes any sense! Is there another way to say it?
I like it as a name.

gogohmm · 01/01/2023 10:21

I thought it was a boys name spelt bodhi

Toottooot · 01/01/2023 10:21

Brodie without the r

ISaidDontLickTheBin · 01/01/2023 10:22

gogohmm · 01/01/2023 10:21

I thought it was a boys name spelt bodhi

Same here

PritiPatelsMaker · 01/01/2023 10:22

Bow-de but I think that you are going to get Body as well, especially with that spelling.

Penguinsaregreat · 01/01/2023 10:24

I agree with Bow Dee.

FlamingJingleBells · 01/01/2023 10:28

Bodhi is a Sanskrit boy's name and the emphasis is on the last syllable dhi so its Bo dhi.
See video:

Krakenwakes · 01/01/2023 10:28

Rhymes with Cody or roadie.
It’s a surname, as in Bodie and Doyle, the detectives. At best a boy’s name.

FlamingJingleBells · 01/01/2023 10:28

Western people can never pronounce the name correctly and always mangle it.

ofwarren · 01/01/2023 10:30

Spelling it like that will mean some people pronouncing it body.
It Bodhi and its a boys name.

Krakenwakes · 01/01/2023 10:31

FlamingJingleBells · 01/01/2023 10:28

Western people can never pronounce the name correctly and always mangle it.

Bodie is a western/UK surname name, though.

AnnaTortoiseshell · 01/01/2023 10:33

Bodie is awful.

bobisbored · 01/01/2023 10:33

I know a baby girl Bohdi. I like it.

SilentNightDancer · 01/01/2023 10:38

To rhyme with Jodie or toady.

fairtrauchled · 01/01/2023 11:38

Bow(rhymes with flow) day

Changechangychange · 01/01/2023 12:23

FlamingJingleBells · 01/01/2023 10:28

Western people can never pronounce the name correctly and always mangle it.

Yep, we have one in DS’s class who pronounces it “Buddy”.

winonarose · 01/01/2023 12:24

Bow-dee for me

user1492757084 · 01/01/2023 13:20

Bodie is fine. I prefer it to ....
Boadicea and Bohdana

Twoinapod · 01/01/2023 17:13

Like Bow-Dee. I don’t think anyone will struggle to pronounce it as it’s not unusual, but it is also mostly known as a boys name spelt Bodhi so I personally wouldn’t do that to a girl.