Cody - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Cody \c(o)-

, also used as boy's name Cody, is pronounced KO-dee. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "descendant of Cuidighthigh". Transferred use of the Irish surname that is originally a byname for a helpful person.

Cody has 8 variant forms: Codee, Codey, Codi, Codie, Kodee, Kodey, Kodie and Kody.

For more information, see also related names Cady and Kodi.

Baby names that sound like Cody are Kady, Cadye, Cadi, Cadey, Cade and Caty.

Cody is a somewhat common first name for women (#2373 out of 4276) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#1596 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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