Freboddy is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Freboddy
No. of characters: 8
Origin: England
Meaning:

Freboddy is a form of Freebody. See under Body - Boda, (latinized Bodlus,) occurs in Domesday as a previous tenant, and therefore probably a Saxon. Now boda is Anglo-Saxon, and bodi Old-Norse, for a messenger, and, in a preacher. It follows, therefore, that Truebody is equivalent to 'faithful messenger,' Light body to 'active messenger,' and Freebody to 'ambassador of peace.' (Anglo-Saxon frith, peace.) Again Handsomebody (the original meaning of handsome being handy, active)is a 'useful messenger,' while Goodbody, originally written Godebodi, may be no other than God's messenger-a preacher of the Gospel. The Gr. üyyelog is used in the double sense of messenger and preacher in Mark, i. 2.

The lastname is the variant form of Freebody. Liberal fellow.

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