Bolette

Danish Proper noun da female Bodil Norwegian Bokmål Bolette Etymology 18th century. nb da Bolette, a Danish diminutive formation based on da Bol or da Boel, both reduced forms of da Bodil, with da -ette diminutive suffix. Norwegian and Danish name sources differ slightly as to whether the immediate base of da Bolette was da Bol or da Boel. The base name ultimately derives from nb non Bóthildr. The Old Norse name is a compound of non bót hildr remedy, help, improvement battle, fight 1, literally “remedy-battle”. The The part non bót remedy, help, improvement is from nb gem-pro *bōtō improvement, betterment; recompense, atonement, while non hildr battle, fight is from nb gem-pro *hildiz battle, fight. Compare da Bolette, sv Bolette and is Bóletta female given name. Pronunciation nb /¹buˈlɛtːə/ [bʊˈlɛ̀tːə̌] nb ɛtːə 3 nb Bo let te Proper noun nb proper noun nb female Danish < Old Norse Usage notes nb Bolette is documented in Norway from the 18th century. In 19th-century Norway, the name was particularly common in Østfold and Akershus. The usual modern pronunciation has stress on the second syllable. An older pronunciation with stress on the first syllable was also used, particularly in Eastern Norway and Trøndelag; the historical spelling Bollette reflects this pronunciation. A final /-a/ pronunciation was historically widespread in parts of Norway, reflected in spellings such as Boletta. During 1900–2017, about 74% of Norwegian bearers had nb Bolette as a second given name rather than as their sole or first given name. Statistics Store norske leksikon reports that about 130 women born in Norway had nb Bolette as their sole or first given name during the period 1900–2017.https://snl.no/Bolette_-_kvinnenamn Bolette – kvinnenamn Gulbrand Alhaug Store norske leksikon 28 May 2024 nn Babyverden currently reports 18 people in Norway with the name nb Bolette, citing name researcher Ivar Utne and Statistics Norway; the displayed current total is not accompanied by an explicit reference date.https://www.babyverden.no/navn/bolette/ Bolette Babyverden 7 October 2021 nb References https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Bolette Bolette Nordic Names https://ordnet.dk/dnl/ordbog/1711 Bolette Dansk Navneleksikon Københavns Universitet da Kruken, Kristoffer and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.