Cody is a male name in the English language, ultimately of Irish origin. Spellings include Codi, Codie, Kodi, Kodie, and Kody. Other variants are
Coady and
Codey.
According to ''A Dictionary of First Names'', Cody is "a transferred use of the Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic O'Cuidighthigh meaning 'descendant of Cuidightheach' (originally a
byname
An epithet (, ), also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing. It is usually literally descriptive, as in Alfred the Great, Suleima ...
for a helpful person), or of Mac Óda 'son of Óda' (a personal name of uncertain origin)".
In the United States, the name Cody is often associated with the
west
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
Etymology
The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance langu ...
, specifically
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
.
It is also popular in other former
frontier
A frontier is a political and geographical term referring to areas near or beyond a boundary.
Australia
The term "frontier" was frequently used in colonial Australia in the meaning of country that borders the unknown or uncivilised, th ...
countries such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Notable people and characters with these names include:
People
Single name
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Kody (born 1978), Belgian television host
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Kody Afusia (born 1992), American former football player
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Cody Allen (born 1988), American baseball player
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Cody Almond (born 1989), Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
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Cody Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
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Cody Andrews (born 1987), New Zealand cricketer
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Cody Arens (born 1993), American actor
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Cody Arnoux (born 1988), American soccer player
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Cody Asche (born 1990), American baseball player
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Cody Baker (born 2004), American soccer player
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Cody Balogh (born 1986), American football player
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Cody Barton (born 1996), American football player
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Cody Bass (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
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Kodie Bedford, Australian screenwriter
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Cody Bellinger (born 1995), American baseball player
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Cody Blackbird, American musician
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Kody Bliss (born 1985), American football player
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Kody Blois (born 1991), Canadian politician
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Codie Briggs (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
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Cody Brookwell (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody Brown (born 1986), American football player
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Cody Brundage (born 1994), American mixed martial artist
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Cody Burger (born 1983), American actor
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Cody Calafiore (born 1990), American television personality
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Cody Cameron (born 1970), American voice actor
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Cody Campbell (disambiguation), multiple people
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Cody Canada (born 1976), American musician
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Cody Carlson (born 1963), American football player
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Cody Carnes (born 1989), American musician
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Cody Carpenter (born 1984), American musician
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Cody Carroll (born 1992), American baseball player
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Kody Case (born 1998), American football player
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Cody Cassidy (born 1981), Canadian wrestler
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Cody Ceci (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody Chesnutt (born 1968), American musician
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Cody Chetty (born 1991), South African cricketer
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Cody Christian (born 1995), American actor
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Cody Cillo (born 1980), American baseball player
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Cody Clark (disambiguation), multiple people
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Coty Clarke (born 1992), American basketball
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Cody Claver (born 1996), Dutch footballer
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Kody Clemens (born 1996), American baseball player
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Cody Cole (born 1990), New Zealand weightlifter
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Cody Collier (born 1985), American radio personality
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Cody Connelly (born 1987), American motorcycle builder
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Cody Cooke (born 1993), English footballer
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Cody Core (born 1994), American football player
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Cody Coughlin (born 1995), American stock car racing driver
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Cody Crocker (born 1971), Australian stock car racing driver
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Cody Cropper (born 1993), American football player
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Cody Crowley
Cody Crowley (born 25 March 1993) is a Canadian professional boxer.
Professional boxing career
Crowley made his professional debut against Ronnie Peterson on 28 June 2014. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout. He amassed an 11� ...
(born 1993), Canadian boxer
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Kodie Curran (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody Daigle-Orians (born 1975/1976), American writer
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Cody Davis (born 1999), American entrepreneur
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Cody Deal (born 1986), American actor
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Cody Deaner (born 1982), Canadian professional wrestler
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Cody Decker (born 1987), American baseball player
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Cody Demps (born 1993), American basketball player
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Cody Donovan (born 1981), American Jiu-Jitsu practitioner
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Cody Drameh (born 2001), English footballer
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Cody Durden (born 1991), American mixed martial artist
E
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Cody Eakin (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody Ege (born 1991), American baseball player
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Cody Ellis (born 1990), Australian basketball player
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Cody Eppley (born 1985), American baseball player
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Cody Erickson (born 1988), American stock car racing driver
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Cody Estes (born 1994), American actor
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Cody Fajardo (born 1992), American football player
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Cody Fern (born 1988), Australian actor and director
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Cody Ford (born 1997), American football player
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Cody Forsythe (born 1990), American baseball player
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Cody Fowler (1892–1978), American lawyer
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Cody Franson (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody Fry, American singer-songwriter
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Cody Gakpo (born 1999), Dutch footballer
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Codi Galloway, American politician
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Cody Garbrandt
Cody Ray Allen Garbrandt (born July 7, 1991) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Bantamweight Champion.
Backg ...
(born 1991), American mixed martial artist
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Cody Gibson (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
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Cody Glass (born 1999), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody Glenn (born 1986), American football player
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Cody Goloubef (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody Grace (born 1996), Australian-Canadian football player
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Cody Gribble (born 1990), American golfer
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Cody Grimm (born 1987), American football player
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Cody Groat, Canadian historian
H
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Cody Hall (born 1991), American professional wrestler
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Cody Hall (baseball) (born 1988), American baseball player
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Cody Hanson (born 1982), American musician
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Cody Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
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Cody Hawkins
Cody Norman Hawkins (born March 24, 1988) is an American college football coach and a former professional and college football player. Hawkins played as a quarterback for the Colorado Buffaloes football, Colorado Buffaloes and professionally in S ...
(born 1988), American football player
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Cody Hay (born 1983), Canadian figure skater
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Cody Henson, American politician
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Codi Heuer (born 1996), American baseball player
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Cody Hodges (born 1982), philanthropist, motivational speaker, and former professional American football player
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Cody Hodgson
Cody Douglas Hodgson (born February 18, 1990) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey centre (ice hockey), centreman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Hodgson played at the junior ice hockey#Major junio, major juni ...
(born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
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Kody House (born 1990), Australian footballer
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Kody Hoese (born 1997), American baseball player
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Cody Hoffman (born 1991), American football player
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Cody Hollister (born 1993), American football player
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Cody Horlacher (born 1987), American politician
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Cody Horn (born 1988), American actress and model
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Cody Jamieson (born 1987), Canadian lacrosse player
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Kodi Jacques (born 2000), Australian rules footballer
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Cody Jinks (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
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Cody Johnson
Cody Daniel Johnson (born May 21, 1987) is an American country music singer. He has self-released six albums, including ''Gotta Be Me'', which debuted at number two on ''Billboard''s Country Albums chart, before releasing his first major-label ...
(born 1987), American singer-songwriter
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Cody Johnson (footballer), English footballer
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Cody Jones (born 1951), American football player
K
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Cody Kasch (born 1987), American actor
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Cody Kearsley, Canadian actor
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Cody Keenan (born 1980/1981), American politician
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Kody Keplinger (born 1991), American author
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Cody Kessler (born 1993), American football player
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Cody Kilby, American musician
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Cody Kolodziejzyk (born 1990), Canadian comedian
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Cody Kukuk (born 1993), American baseball player
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Cody Kunyk (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody Lambert (born 1961), American cowboy
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Cody Lampl (born 1986), American-German ice hockey player
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Cody Lane (born 1996), American stock car racing driver
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Cody Lang (born 1993), American soccer player
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Cody Lange (born 1994), Australian netball player
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Cody Larsen (born 1987), American football player
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Cody Lassen, American theatre producer
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Cody Latimer (born 1992), American football player
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Cody Laurendi (born 1988), Puerto Rican baseball player
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Cody Law
Cody Law (born March 24, 1995) is an American professional mixed martial artist and graduated Collegiate wrestling, collegiate wrestler currently competing in the Featherweight (MMA), featherweight division. He has previously spent most of his c ...
(born 1995), American mixed martial artist
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Cody Ledbetter (1973–2015), American football player
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Cody Legebokoff (born 1990), Canadian serial killer
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Cody Lightning (born 1986), Canadian actor
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Cody Lindenberg (born 2002), American football player
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Cody Linley (born 1989), American actor
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Cody Longo (1988–2023), American actor
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Kody Lostroh (born 1985), American professional rodeo cowboy
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Cody Lundin
Cody Lundin (born March 15, 1967) is a survival instructor at the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, which he founded in 1991. There he teaches modern wilderness survival skills, primitive living skills, urban preparedness, ...
(born 1967), American survival trainer
M
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Cody Mandell (born 1992), American football player
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Cody Martin (disambiguation), multiple people
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Cody Mattern
Cody Mattern (born February 23, 1981) is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He coached at the Northwest Fencing Center, in Beaverton, Oregon.
Fencing
He started fencing at Nort ...
(born 1981), American fencer
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Cody Mauch (born 1999), American football player
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Cody Maynard (born 1986), American politician
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Cody McCormick (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody McDonald (born 1986), English footballer
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Cody McKay (born 1974), Canadian baseball player
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Cody McKenzie (born 1987), American mixed martial artist
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Cody McLeod (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody McMahan (born 1991), American stock car racing driver
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Cody McMains (born 1985), American actor
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Cody Meakin (born 1989), Australian wheelchair basketball player
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Cody Melphy (born 1993), American rugby union footballer
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Cody Michaels, American professional wrestler
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Cody Miles (born 1991), American rapper
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Cody Miller (born 1992), American swimmer
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Codi Miller-McIntyre (born 1994), American basketball player
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Cody Mitchell (born 1986), American politician
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Cody Mizell (born 1991), American soccer player
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Cody Morissette (born 2000), American baseball player
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Cody Morris (born 1996), American professional baseball pitcher
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Cody Nelson (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer
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Cody Nickson (born 1985), American radio personality
O
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Cody O'Connell (born 1994), American football player
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Codie Elaine Oliver, American producer
P
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Cody Parkey (born 1992), American football player
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Cody Pearcy (born 1989), American football player
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Cody Pfister (born 1990), American mixed martial artist
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Cody Pickett (born 1980), American football player
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Cody Ponce (born 1994), American baseball player
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Cody Porter (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
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Cody Poteet (born 1994), American baseball player
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Codie Prevost (born 1984), Canadian musician
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Cody Prewitt (born 1992), American football player
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Cody Prior (born 1999), Irish footballer
R
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Cody Ramsey (born 2000), Australian rugby league footballer
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Cody Ransom (born 1976), American baseball player
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Cody Reed (born 1993), American baseball player
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Cody Reeder, American internet personality
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Cody Reichard (born 1987), American ice hockey player
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Cody Rhodes
Cody Garrett Runnels Rhodes (born June 30, 1985) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. As of April 2022, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown brand. He is also known for co-fou ...
(born 1985), American professional wrestler
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Cody Renard Richard (born 1988), American stage manager
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Cody Riggs (born 1991), American football player
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Cody Rigsby (born 1987), American fitness instructor
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Cody Riley (born 1997), American basketball player
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Cody Risien (born 1957), American football player
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Cody Rogers, American politician
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Cody Ross (born 1980), American baseball player
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Cody Rudkowsky (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player
S
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Cody Satterwhite (born 1987), American baseball player
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Cody Scarpetta (born 1988), American baseball player
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Cody Sedlock (born 1995), American baseball player
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Coty Sensabaugh (born 1988), American football player
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Kodie Shane (born 1998), American rapper
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Cody Simon (born 2002), American football player
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Cody Simpson
Cody Robert Simpson (born 11 January 1997) is an Australian singer, actor, and a former competitive swimmer. Since his debut as a recording artist, he has released four solo studio albums: ''Paradise'' (2012), ''Surfers Paradise'' (2013), '' ...
(born 1997), Australian singer
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Cody Slate (born 1987), American football player
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Cody Smith, American politician
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Kodi Smit-McPhee (born 1996), Australian actor
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Cody Sorensen (born 1986), Canadian bobsledder
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Cody Speller (born 1994), Canadian football player
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Cody Spencer (born 1981), American football player
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Cody Stamann (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
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Cody Stanley (born 1988), American baseball player
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Cody Stashak (born 1994), American professional baseball pitcher
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Cody Sun (born 1997), Canadian professional gamer
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Kody Swanson
Kody Mykel Swanson (born March 3, 1988) is an American professional sprint car racing driver. Swanson holds the record for most championship victories in United States Auto Club, USAC national series, with eight championships in the USAC Silver Cr ...
(born 1988), American racing driver
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Cody Thomas (born 1994), American football player
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Cody Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people
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Cody Toppert (born 1983), American basketball player
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Cody Trahan (born 1988), American softball player
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Kody Vanderwal (born 2001), American stock car racing driver
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Cody Vasut (born 1987), American politician
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Cody Votolato (born 1982), American musician
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Kody Wakasa (born 1994), American former soccer player
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Cody Walker (disambiguation), multiple people
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Cody Wallace (born 1984), American football player
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Cody Ware (born 1995), American auto racing driver
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Cody Webb (born 1988), American motorcycle racer
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Cody Webster (born 1991), American football player
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Cody Weightman (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
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Cody Westman (born 1978), Canadian filmmaker
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Cody White (disambiguation), multiple people
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Cody Whitehair (born 1992), American football player
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Cody Wichmann (born 1992), American football player
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Cody Wild (born 1987), American ice hockey player
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Cody Willard (born 1972), American journalist
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Cody Williams (born 2004), American basketball player
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Cody Wilson
Cody Rutledge Wilson (born January 31, 1988) is an American Right to keep and bear arms in the United States, gun rights activist and Crypto-anarchism, crypto-anarchist. He started Defense Distributed, a nonprofit organization, non-profit organ ...
(born 1988), American activist
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Cody Wilson (baseball) (born 1996), American baseball player
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Cody Wise (born 1995), American singer
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Cody Wong (born 2002), Hong Kong tennis player
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Cody Wood (born 1984), American actor
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Cody Wylie, American politician
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Cody Yerkovich, New Zealand model
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Codi Yusuf
Codi Yusuf (born 10 April 1998) is a South African cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Mpumalanga in the 2018 Africa T20 Cup on 14 September 2018. In September 2019, he was named in Gauteng's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup ...
(born 1998), South African cricketer
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Cody Zeller (born 1992), American basketball player
Fictional characters
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Commander Cody, a character on ''
Star Wars: The Clone Wars''
*Cody Hackins, a character from ''
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney''
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Cody Madison, television series character from ''Baywatch''
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Cody Martin, in the television series ''The Suite Life of Zack and Cody'' and ''The Suite Life on Deck''
*Cody Maverick, main character of the animated film ''
Surf's Up''
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Cody Swanson, in the anime series ''
Glitter Force
is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the ninth installment in Izumi Todo's ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries, featuring the seventh generation of Cures. The series is written by Shōji Yonemura, best known a ...
'' (originally named Kouta Midorikawa)
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Cody Willis, on the Australian soap opera ''
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and ...
''
*Cody, from the animated film ''
The Rescuers Down Under
''The Rescuers Down Under'' is a 1990 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to ''The Rescuers'' (1977). In ''The Rescuers Down Under'', Bernard and Bianc ...
''
Codi
* Codi Gizmody, antagonist in the animated series ''
Paw Patrol
''Paw Patrol'' is a Canadian children's animated television series created by Keith Chapman and produced by Spin Master, Spin Master Entertainment, with animation provided by Guru Studio. In Canada, the series is primarily broadcast on TVOntario ...
''
See also
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Coady, a disambiguation page for "Coady"
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Codey, a disambiguation page for "Codey"
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Codi (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Codi"
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Cody (surname), a page for people with the surname "Cody"
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Coty (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Coty"
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Kodi (disambiguation)
Kodi may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* KODI
Kodi may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* KODI, a radio station in Cody, Wyoming, USA
* Kodi (film), ''Kodi'' (film), India, 2016
* Kodi, a dog in the 2004 film ''Balto III: Wing ...
, a disambiguation page for "Kodi"
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Koty (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Koty"
References
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