Bodil (given name) explained
| Bodil |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | commanding[1] |
| Origin: | Old Norse |
| Alternative Spelling: | Bothild |
| Name Day: | 26 January |
Bodil in Danish and Norwegian, in Swedish also the variations Bothild, Botilda, and Boel, is a feminine given name. It is Latinized form of Old Norse Bóthildr from bót "remedy" + hildr "battle". Older variations include Botill, Botild, Botilla, and Botyld.[2] [3]
The Swedish name day for Bodil and for Boel is 26 January.[4]
Notable people with the name include:
- Bodil Arnesen (born 1967), Norwegian operatic soprano
- Bodil Boserup (1921–1995), Danish politician
- Bodil Katharine Biørn (1871–1960), Norwegian missionary
- Bodil Begtrup (1903–1987), Denmark's first female ambassador
- Bodil Branner (born 1948), Danish mathematician
- Bodil Cappelen (born 1930), Norwegian painter, textile artist, and book illustrator
- Bodil Dybdal (1901–1992), Danish lawyer and judge
- Bodil Finsveen (1934–2008), Norwegian politician
- Bodil Hauschildt (1861–1951), Danish photographer
- Bodil Hellfach (1856–1941), Danish nurse
- Bodil Holmström (born 1981), Finnish orienteering competitor
- Bodil Ipsen (1889–1964), Danish actress and film director
- Bodil Joensen (1944–1985), Danish pornographic actress
- Bodil Jørgensen (born 1961), Danish film actress
- Bodil Kaalund (1930–2016), Danish painter, textile artist, and writer
- Bodil Kjær (born 1932), Danish architect, furniture designer, and professor
- Bodil Kjer (1917–2003), Danish actress
- Bodil Koch (1903–1972), Danish politician
- Bodil Kornbek (born 1961), Danish politician
- Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016), Swedish poet and novelist
- Bodil Mårtensson (born 1952), Swedish author
- Bodil Niska (born 1954), Norwegian jazz musician
- Bodil Rasmussen (born 1957), Danish rower
- Bodil Rosing (1877–1941), Danish-American actress
- Bodil Russ (1908–1998), Norwegian equestrian
- Bodil Ryste (born 1979), Norwegian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
- Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (1918–2015), Danish-American physiologist
- Bodil Thirstedt (1916–?), Danish sprint canoer
- Bodil Udsen (1925–2008), Danish actress
- Bodil Valero (born 1958), Swedish politician
Notes and References
- Book: Yvonne Navarro. First Name Reverse Dictionary: Given Names Listed by Meaning, 2d ed.. 1 October 1993. McFarland. 978-0-7864-2934-9. 193–.
- Book: K. M. Sheard. Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Heathens, Mages, Shamans & Independent Thinkers of All Sorts who are Curious about Names from Every Place and Every Time. 2011. Llewellyn Worldwide. 978-0-7387-2368-6. 104–.
- Book: Patrick Hanks. Kate Hardcastle. Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-861060-1. 662–.
- Book: Bengt af Klintberg. Namnen i almanackan. 30 January 2014. Norstedts. Swedish. 978-91-7297-039-7. 44–.
