Cody (given name) Cody (given name) Cody is a surname and unisex given name. It may also be spelled Coddy, Codee, Codi, Codie, Codey, Kodi, Kodie, Kody, Coty, or Koty. According to "A Dictionary of First Names", Cody is "a transferred use of the Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Gaelic O'Cuidighthigh 'descendant of Cuidightheach' (originally a byname for a helpful person), or of Mac Oda 'son of Oda' (a personal name of uncertain origin)." Its use in the United States is partially due to it being the surname of Buffalo Bill, a.k.a. William Frederick Cody. People with the given name Cody include:
Stage name he felt "Irv" was catchier), and he credited using his real name with helping him connect with the population of Western New York. Sicilian-American actor Espera Oscar de Corti, who built his film career portraying Native Americans, reinvented himself as Iron Eyes Cody. He not only took his stage name as his legal name, but eventually began insisting that he actually was Native American. Chloe Bennet had used her birth name, Chloe Wang, for her singing career in China. She started using the surname Bennet, after her father's first name, when she failed to be welcomed by Hollywood agents. Another