Bodil

bödil Danish Etymology From da non Bóthildr (> Icelandic is Bóthildur), from non bót ("remedy") and non hildr ("battle"). Name of an 11th century queen of Denmark. Proper noun da female Related terms da Bolette da Boline da Bothilde References Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 26 334 females with the given name Bodil have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 May 2011. Norwegian Bokmål no Bodil Alternative forms nb Boel variant nb Bodill rare spelling Etymology nb da Bodil, ultimately from nb non Bóthildr, a female given name formed from non bót remedy, help, improvement and non hildr battle, fight. The first element continues nb gem-pro *bōtō improvement, betterment; recompense, atonement, while the second continues nb gem-pro *hildiz battle, fight. The spelling nb Bodil entered Norwegian through Danish around 1900. Related Norwegian forms include nb Bothild and nb Bodhild. Compare is Bóthildur female given name. Pronunciation nb /²buː.dɪl/ [²buː.dɪl] nb uːdɪl 2 nb Bo dil Proper noun nb proper noun nb female Danish < Old Norse Usage notes The Norwegian name day for nb Bodil is 17 June, shared with nb Botolv. The spelling nb Bodil entered Norwegian from Danish around 1900 and was especially common in the mid-20th century. Derived terms nb Bol short form nb Bolette pet form Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 4,901 women in Norway had nb Bodil as their first or sole given name as of 1 January 2026.https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank1/table/10501 10501: Persons, by girls' name and boys' name 2013–2025 Statistics Norway 28 January 2026 References https://snl.no/Bodil_-_kvinnenamn Bodil – kvinnenamn Gulbrand Alhaug Store norske leksikon 28 May 2024 nn https://web.archive.org/web/20240718195203/https://snl.no/Bodil_-_kvinnenamn 18 July 2024 https://lex.dk/Bodil_-_pigenavn Bodil – pigenavn Birgit Eggert and John Kousgård Sørensen Lex 10 December 2025 da Swedish Pronunciation sv /¹buːdɪl/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Bodil.wav Proper noun c sv female borrowed from sv da - Related terms sv Boel