Given name · also Old Norse
Bodil
“a fighting woman”
Bodil is used as a given name. One interpretation is “a fighting woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a fighting woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
Its Old Norse formation brings together bót (“bettering, remedy, compensation”) and hildr (“battle”).
Bodil’s family of names
In Danish usage, Bodil has a diminutive in BOLETTE. Bodil has a related form in Bodila. Bodil has a related form in Bodile.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Boelvariant · Swedish
- Bolinediminutive · Danish
- Bolettediminutive · Danish
- Bodillavariant
- Bodilavariant
- Bodillevariant
- Bodilevariant
- Bothildvariant
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People named Bodil
- Bodil IpsenDanish actress and film director1889–1964
- Bodil Katharine BiørnChristian missionaries (1871–1960)
- Bodil JørgensenDanish actressborn 1961
- Bodil KjerDanish actress (1917–2003)
- Boedil ThurgotsdatterDanish queen1068–1103
- Bodil RasmussenDanish rowerborn 1957
- Bodil MalmstenSwedish poet, novelist (1944–2016)
- Bodil RosingAmerican actress (1877-1941)
- Bodil ValeroSwedish politicianborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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