Bodie

Bodie rides in on salt air and surfboards, sharing its name with the windswept California ghost town and the legendary Northern California surf break. Often treated as a variant of Bodhi or a diminutive of Boden, its usage in America has leaned into the laid-back coastal association rather than any single etymology. One quick syllable followed by a long E, BO-dee, easy on the ear. It has climbed American charts steadily in the 2010s and 20s, at home in the same roster as Beckett and Brooks. The name feels like wetsuits drying on fence posts, outdoorsy and warm. Bodie reads friendly, adventurous, unpretentiously cool.