Bodil (given name)
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.
The Swedish [name day list of 2001|Swedish name day] for Bodil and for Boel is 26 January.
Notable people with the name include:
- Bodil Arnesen, Norwegian operatic soprano
- Bodil Boserup, Danish politician
- Bodil Katharine Biørn, Norwegian missionary
- Bodil Begtrup, Denmark's first female ambassador
- Bodil Branner, Danish mathematician
- Bodil Cappelen, Norwegian painter, textile artist, and book illustrator
- Bodil Dybdal, Danish lawyer and judge
- Bodil Finsveen, Norwegian politician
- Bodil Hauschildt, Danish photographer
- Bodil Hellfach, Danish nurse
- Bodil Holmström, Finnish orienteering competitor
- Bodil Ipsen, Danish actress and film director
- Bodil Joensen, Danish pornographic actress
- Bodil Jørgensen, Danish film actress
- Bodil Kaalund, Danish painter, textile artist, and writer
- Bodil Kjær, Danish architect, furniture designer, and professor
- Bodil Kjer, Danish actress
- Bodil Koch, Danish politician
- Bodil Kornbek, Danish politician
- Bodil Malmsten, Swedish poet and novelist
- Bodil Mårtensson, Swedish author
- Bodil Niska, Norwegian jazz musician
- Bodil Rasmussen, Danish rower
- Bodil Rosing, Danish-American actress
- Bodil Russ, Norwegian equestrian
- Bodil Ryste, Norwegian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
- Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen, Danish-American physiologist
- Bodil Thirstedt, Danish sprint canoer
- Bodil Udsen, Danish actress
- Bodil Valero, Swedish politician