Bhodi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BOH-dee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Bhodi is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “awakening, enlightenment”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Bhodi mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Bodhi
“awakening, enlightenment”
The Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment beneath the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya.
Is Bhodi a girl's or a boy's name?
Bhodi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bhodi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Bhodi, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Bhodi of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
In 2025, 665 boys in the UK were given Bhodi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #95, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Bhodi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
How popular is Bhodi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 340% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Bhodi, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.
Half of all the boys named Bhodi in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,357 boys in the US were given Bhodi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #118, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Bhodi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
Names like Bhodi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Ronan, Finn, Rowan, Conan, Rian, Orhan, Shivansh, Avyaan, Arjan, Lochlan, Avi
Other spellings of Bhodi
Bodhi, Bodie, Bohdi, Bode, Bodi, Bhodie, Bodee, Bodey, Bohdie, Bowdy
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Vihaan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veer, Veda
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bhodi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bhodi, updated 20 October 2026.