Show ContentsBoude History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Boude surname is derived from German word "boden," which means "floor" or "bottom." It is thought that the first Boude family may have lived in the bottom of a valley.

Early Origins of the Boude family

The surname Boude was first found in the duchy of Brunswick, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Boude family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boude research. Another 243 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1707, 1713, 1720, 1730, 1740, 1747, 1793 and 1832 are included under the topic Early Boude History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Boude Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bode, Boden, Boder, Bohde, Bohden, Boede, Boedde and many more.

Early Notables of the Boude family

Notables of the time included Johann Joachim Bode (1720-1793), who was a prominent publisher and translator in Weimar, as well as a friend and business partner of the great Lessing. Johann Joachim Christoph Bode was born at Barum in Brunswick in 1730. He had a strange and varied life as bassoon and oboe-player, composer, newspaper editor...
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United States Boude migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Boude Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Frederick Boude, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1846 1
  • W P Boude, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Boude (post 1700) +

  • Thomas Boude (1752-1822), American politician, Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1801-03 2


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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