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 for Bodil and for Boel is 26 January.

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