Bodil (given name)

Bodil
Gender	Female
Name day	27 January
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Meaning	commanding[1]
Other names
Alternative spelling	Bothild

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]

Cinema

Bodil Awards, Danish film award honoring Bodil Kjer and Bodil Ipsen

People

Bodil Arnesen (born 1967), Norwegian operatic soprano
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 (born 1944), 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 (born 1916), Danish sprint canoer
Bodil Udsen (1925–2008), Danish actress
Bodil Valero (born 1958), Swedish politician

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References

Yvonne Navarro (1 October 1993). First Name Reverse Dictionary: Given Names Listed by Meaning, 2d ed. McFarland. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-0-7864-2934-9.
K. M. Sheard (2011). 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. Llewellyn Worldwide. pp. 104–. ISBN 978-0-7387-2368-6.
Patrick Hanks; Kate Hardcastle; Flavia Hodges (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 662–. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
Bengt af Klintberg (30 January 2014). Namnen i almanackan (in Swedish). Norstedts. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-91-7297-039-7.

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[Navarro1993-1] Yvonne Navarro (1 October 1993). First Name Reverse Dictionary: Given Names Listed by Meaning, 2d ed. McFarland. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-0-7864-2934-9.

[Sheard2011-2] K. M. Sheard (2011). 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. Llewellyn Worldwide. pp. 104–. ISBN 978-0-7387-2368-6.

[HanksHardcastle2006-3] Patrick Hanks; Kate Hardcastle; Flavia Hodges (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 662–. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.

[Klintberg2014-4] Bengt af Klintberg (30 January 2014). Namnen i almanackan (in Swedish). Norstedts. pp. 44–. ISBN 978-91-7297-039-7.