Cody (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Unisex |
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Language(s) | English and Irish |
Origin | |
Language(s) |
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Word/name | Cody (surname) |
Meaning | "Descendant of Cuidightheach", or a "person of western origin" |
Region of origin | Ireland and England |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) |
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Related names | Codey, Coady |
Cody is a unisex given name.[1] Spellings include Codi, Codie, Kodi, Kodie, and Kody. Other variants are Coady and Codey.
According to A Dictionary of First Names, Cody is "a transferred use of the Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic O'Cuidighthigh meaning 'descendant of Cuidightheach' (originally a byname for a helpful person), or of Mac Óda 'son of Óda' (a personal name of uncertain origin)".[2]
In the United States, the name Cody is often associated with the west, specifically California.[3][4] It is also popular in other former frontier countries such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Notable people and characters with these names include:
People
[edit]Single name
[edit]- Kody (born 1978), Belgian television host
A
[edit]- Kody Afusia (born 1992), American former football player
- Cody Allen (born 1988), American baseball player
- Cody Almond (born 1989), Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
- Cody Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cody Andrews (born 1987), New Zealand cricketer
- Cody Arens (born 1993), American actor
- Cody Arnoux (born 1988), American soccer player
- Cody Asche (born 1990), American baseball player
B
[edit]- Cody Baker (born 2004), American soccer player
- Cody Balogh (born 1986), American football player
- Cody Barton (born 1996), American football player
- Cody Bass (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
- Kodie Bedford, Australian screenwriter
- Cody Bellinger (born 1995), American baseball player
- Cody Blackbird, American musician
- Kody Bliss (born 1985), American football player
- Kody Blois (born 1991), Canadian politician
- Codie Briggs (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
- Cody Bragg (born 1980), American soccer player
- Cody Brookwell (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cody Brown (born 1986), American football player
- Cody Brundage (born 1994), American mixed martial artist
- Cody Burger (born 1983), American actor
C
[edit]- Cody Calafiore (born 1990), American television personality
- Cody Cameron (born 1970), American voice actor
- Cody Canada (born 1976), American musician
- Cody Carlson (born 1963), American football player
- Cody Carnes (born 1989), American musician
- Cody Carpenter (born 1984), American musician
- Cody Carroll (born 1992), American baseball player
- Kody Case (born 1998), American football player
- Cody Cassidy (born 1981), Canadian wrestler
- Cody Ceci (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cody Chesnutt (born 1968), American musician
- Cody Chetty (born 1991), South African cricketer
- Cody Christian (born 1995), American actor
- Cody Cillo (born 1980), American baseball player
- Cody Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
- Coty Clarke (born 1992), American basketball
- Cody Claver (born 1996), Dutch footballer
- Kody Clemens (born 1996), American baseball player
- Cody Cole (born 1990), New Zealand weightlifter
- Cody Collier (born 1985), American radio personality
- Cody Connelly (born 1987), American motorcycle builder
- Cody Cooke (born 1993), English footballer
- Cody Core (born 1994), American football player
- Cody Coughlin (born 1995), American stock car racing driver
- Cody Crocker (born 1971), Australian stock car racing driver
- Cody Cropper (born 1993), American football player
- Cody Crowley (born 1993), Canadian boxer
- Kodie Curran (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
D
[edit]- Cody Daigle-Orians (born 1975/1976), American writer
- Cody Davis (born 1999), American entrepreneur
- Cody Deal (born 1986), American actor
- Cody Deaner (born 1982), Canadian professional wrestler
- Cody Decker (born 1987), American baseball player
- Cody Demps (born 1993), American basketball player
- Cody Donovan (born 1981), American Jiu-Jitsu practitioner
- Cody Drameh (born 2001), English footballer
- Cody Durden (born 1991), American mixed martial artist
E
[edit]- Cody Eakin (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cody Ege (born 1991), American baseball player
- Cody Ellis (born 1990), Australian basketball player
- Cody Eppley (born 1985), American baseball player
- Cody Erickson (born 1988), American stock car racing driver
- Cody Estes (born 1994), American actor
F
[edit]- Cody Fajardo (born 1992), American football player
- Cody Ford (born 1997), American football player
- Cody Forsythe (born 1990), American baseball player
- Cody Fowler (1892–1978), American lawyer
- Cody Franson (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cody Fry, American singer-songwriter
G
[edit]- Cody Gakpo (born 1999), Dutch footballer
- Codi Galloway, American politician
- Cody Garbrandt (born 1991), American mixed martial artist
- Cody Gibson (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
- Cody Glass (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cody Glenn (born 1986), American football player
- Cody Goloubef (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cody Grace (born 1996), Australian-Canadian football player
- Cody Gribble (born 1990), American golfer
- Cody Grimm (born 1987), American football player
- Cody Groat, Canadian historian
H
[edit]- Cody Hall (born 1991), American professional wrestler
- Cody Hall (baseball) (born 1988), American baseball player
- Cody Hanson (born 1982), American musician
- Cody Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cody Hawkins (born 1988), American football player
- Cody Hay (born 1983), Canadian figure skater
- Cody Henson, American politician
- Codi Heuer (born 1996), American baseball player
- Cody Hodgson (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
- Kody House (born 1990), Australian footballer
- Kody Hoese (born 1997), American baseball player
- Cody Hoffman (born 1991), American football player
- Cody Hollister (born 1993), American football player
- Cody Horlacher (born 1987), American politician
- Cody Horn (born 1988), American actress and model
J
[edit]- Cody Jamieson (born 1987), Canadian lacrosse player
- Kodi Jacques (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
- Cody Jinks (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
- Cody Johnson (born 1987), American singer-songwriter
- Cody Johnson (footballer), English footballer
- Cody Jones (born 1951), American football player
K
[edit]- Cody Kasch (born 1987), American actor
- Cody Kearsley, Canadian actor
- Cody Keenan (born 1980/1981), American politician
- Kody Keplinger (born 1991), American author
- Cody Kessler (born 1993), American football player
- Cody Kilby, American musician
- Cody Ko (born 1990), Canadian internet personality
- Cody Kolodziejzyk (born 1990), Canadian comedian
- Cody Kukuk (born 1993), American baseball player
- Cody Kunyk (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
L
[edit]- Cody Lambert (born 1961), American cowboy
- Cody Lampl (born 1986), American-German ice hockey player
- Cody Lane (born 1996), American stock car racing driver
- Cody Lang (born 1993), American soccer player
- Cody Lange (born 1994), Australian netball player
- Cody Larsen (born 1987), American football player
- Cody Lassen, American theatre producer
- Cody Latimer (born 1992), American football player
- Cody Laurendi (born 1988), Puerto Rican baseball player
- Cody Law (born 1995), American mixed martial artist
- Cody Ledbetter (1973–2015), American football player
- Cody Legebokoff (born 1990), Canadian serial killer
- Cody Lightning (born 1986), Canadian actor
- Cody Linley (born 1989), American actor
- Cody Longo (1988–2023), American actor
- Kody Lostroh (born 1985), American professional rodeo cowboy
- Cody Lundin (born 1967), American survival trainer
M
[edit]- Cody Mandell (born 1992), American football player
- Cody Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cody Mattern (born 1981), American fencer
- Cody Mauch (born 1999), American football player
- Cody Maynard (born 1986), American politician
- Cody McCormick (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cody McDonald (born 1986), English footballer
- Cody McKay (born 1974), Canadian baseball player
- Cody McKenzie (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
- Cody McLeod (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cody McMahan (born 1991), American stock car racing driver
- Cody McMains (born 1985), American actor
- Cody Meakin (born 1989), Australian wheelchair basketball player
- Cody Melphy (born 1993), American rugby union footballer
- Cody Michaels, American professional wrestler
- Cody Miles (born 1991), American rapper
- Cody Miller (born 1992), American swimmer
- Codi Miller-McIntyre (born 1994), American basketball player
- Cody Mitchell (born 1986), American politician
- Cody Mizell (born 1991), American soccer player
- Cody Morissette (born 2000), American baseball player
N
[edit]- Cody Nelson (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer
- Cody Nickson (born 1985), American radio personality
O
[edit]- Cody O'Connell (born 1994), American football player
- Codie Elaine Oliver, American producer
P
[edit]- Cody Parkey (born 1992), American football player
- Cody Pearcy (born 1989), American football player
- Cody Pfister (born 1990), American mixed martial artist
- Cody Pickett (born 1980), American football player
- Cody Ponce (born 1994), American baseball player
- Cody Porter (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
- Cody Poteet (born 1994), American baseball player
- Codie Prevost (born 1984), Canadian musician
- Cody Prewitt (born 1992), American football player
- Cody Prior (born 1999), Irish footballer
R
[edit]- Cody Ramsey (born 2000), Australian rugby league footballer
- Cody Ransom (born 1976), American baseball player
- Cody Reed (born 1993), American baseball player
- Cody Reeder, American internet personality
- Cody Reichard (born 1987), American ice hockey player
- Cody Rhodes (born 1985), American professional wrestler
- Cody Renard Richard (born 1988), American stage manager
- Cody Riggs (born 1991), American football player
- Cody Rigsby (born 1987), American fitness instructor
- Cody Riley (born 1997), American basketball player
- Cody Risien (born 1957), American football player
- Cody Rogers, American politician
- Cody Ross (born 1980), American baseball player
- Cody Rudkowsky (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
S
[edit]- Cody Satterwhite (born 1987), American baseball player
- Cody Scarpetta (born 1988), American baseball player
- Cody Sedlock (born 1995), American baseball player
- Coty Sensabaugh (born 1988), American football player
- Kodie Shane (born 1998), American rapper
- Cody Simpson (born 1997), Australian singer
- Cody Slate (born 1987), American football player
- Cody Smith, American politician
- Kodi Smit-McPhee (born 1996), Australian actor
- Cody Sorensen (born 1986), Canadian bobsledder
- Cody Speller (born 1994), Canadian football player
- Cody Spencer (born 1981), American football player
- Cody Stamann (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
- Cody Stanley (born 1988), American baseball player
- Cody Sun (born 1997), Canadian professional gamer
- Kody Swanson (born 1988), American racing driver
T
[edit]- Cody Thomas (born 1994), American football player
- Cody Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cody Toppert (born 1983), American basketball player
- Cody Trahan (born 1988), American softball player
V
[edit]- Kody Vanderwal (born 2001), American stock car racing driver
- Cody Vasut (born 1987), American politician
- Cody Votolato (born 1982), American musician
W
[edit]- Kody Wakasa (born 1994), American former soccer player
- Cody Walker (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cody Wallace (born 1984), American football player
- Cody Ware (born 1995), American auto racing driver
- Cody Webb (born 1988), American motorcycle racer
- Cody Webster (born 1991), American football player
- Cody Weightman (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
- Cody Westman (born 1978), Canadian filmmaker
- Cody White (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cody Whitehair (born 1992), American football player
- Cody Wichmann (born 1992), American football player
- Cody Wild (born 1987), American ice hockey player
- Cody Willard (born 1972), American journalist
- Cody Williams (born 2004), American basketball player
- Cody Wilson (born 1988), American activist
- Cody Wilson (baseball) (born 1996), American baseball player
- Cody Wise (born 1995), American singer
- Cody Wong (born 2002), Hong Kong tennis player
- Cody Wood (born 1984), American actor
- Cody Wylie, American politician
Y
[edit]- Cody Yerkovich, New Zealand model
- Codi Yusuf (born 1998), South African cricketer
Z
[edit]- Cody Zeller (born 1992), American basketball player
Fictional characters
[edit]- Commander Cody, a character on Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Cody Madison, television series character from Baywatch
- Cody Martin, in the television series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and The Suite Life on Deck
- Cody Maverick, main character of the animated film Surf's Up
- Cody Swanson, in the anime series Glitter Force (originally named Kouta Midorikawa)
- Cody Willis, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Cody, from the animated film The Rescuers Down Under
Codi
[edit]- Codi Gizmody, antagonist in the animated series PAW Patrol
See also
[edit]- Coady, a disambiguation page for "Coady"
- Codey, a disambiguation page for "Codey"
- Codi (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Codi"
- Cody (surname), a page for people with the surname "Cody"
- Coty (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Coty"
- Kodi (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Kodi"
- Koty (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Koty"
References
[edit]- ^ "Cody - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity". Nameberry. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 283, 1488. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ^ "Buffalo Bill & California". Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved May 17, 2022.
- ^ "Sacramento historical group presents talk about Buffalo Bill". Mountain Democrat. February 26, 2018. Retrieved May 17, 2022.