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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and English : from the early modern English personal name Sebode, probably from an unattested Old English personal name Sigeboda, composed of the elements sige ‘victory’ + boda ‘messenger’. However, there has been some confusion with Sibbald.

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