Boden is an English and Scandinavian surname that is usually explained from the Germanic element bod, meaning "messenger" or "herald", the same root as Bode; in Sweden it is also the name of a northern town. American parents discovered it in the 2010s as a longer, more surname-like cousin of Bodie and Bodhi. Boden entered the US top 1000 in 2018, peaked at number 757 in 2023 and ranks number 769 in 2025.