Bodfari
English
Etymology
From Welsh, where the first element is probably bod (“to be”), but the second is less certain. Possibly named after a saint *Tyfarre, a name that parallels the second element of the Irish Saint Fin Barre, a word meaning "head, tip," from Middle Welsh barr, with the honorific Welsh prefix ty- (“revered, honored”), similar to Tyfrydog. If so, the development could have been Bod Tyfarre > Botfarre > Botfarri > Bodfari.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɒdˈvæɹi/
Proper noun
Bodfari
- A village and community in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ0970).
References
- Owen, H. W., Gruffydd, K. L. (2017). Place-Names of Flintshire. United Kingdom: University of Wales Press, SJ10970