Body. Norse. Diminutive of Bodvarr (wary in battle). Bodi, Bodin, Bot. French Bodé, Norman-French Bot. (1195.)
Boffay, from Beaufay, near Alençon, Normandy. Boffei, Normandy, 1195. Sometimes Bophay.
Boggis. William de Bogis, 1180, Normandy.
Boggs. Vide Boggis.
Bogne, for Boges or Boggis.
Bois, from Normandy, several families, viz.: (1) De Bois Armand, hereditary servants of the Counts of Breteuil, sires of Poilly. Flourished in Leicester.
(2) De Bois-Guillauman, of the bailifry of Caux, seated in Essex, 1086.
(3) DeBois. Herbert, baron of Halberton, Devon; Hugo de Bosco, 1083, England.
(4) De Bois. Robert or Roard, Bucks, 1086.
(5) De Bois. Barony Brecknock, 1088, named after him Trebois.