Given name
Bolette
“a fighting woman”
In Danish use, Bolette is a diminutive of Bodil. One interpretation is “a fighting woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Danish use, Bolette is a diminutive of Bodil. One interpretation is “a fighting woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Danish use, Bolette is a diminutive of Bodil. An origin associated with Bodil is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Danish usage, Bolette is a diminutive of Bodil.
Bolette’s family of names
In Danish usage, Bolette is a diminutive of Bodil.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bolette
- Bolette BergNorwegian photographer1872–1944
- Bolette PuggaardDanish painter (1798-1847)
- Bolette Sutermeister Petriwriter (1920-2018)
- Bolette Nyvang IversenDanish sprint canoerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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