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Bol
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Appendix:Variations of "bol"
English
Proper noun
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en Bolivia.
Norwegian Bokmål
Bodil (given name)
Alternative forms
nb Boel historical variant; traditionally the same pronunciation
Etymology
nb Bodil female given name. The source name nb Bodil was 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 forms nb Bol and nb Boel were especially used in Norway in the 18th and 19th centuries and could be used interchangeably for the same person; both were traditionally pronounced as one syllable.
Compare sv Bol female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /buːl/ [buːl]
nb uːl 1
nb bol Boel
nb Bol
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female nb:Bodil < Danish < Old Norse
Usage notes
nb Bol is an old short form of nb Bodil and was historically closely associated with the spelling nb Boel.
In Norway, nb Bol and nb Boel were particularly used during the 18th and 19th centuries and could be used of the same individual. Their use declined substantially during the 20th century.
Some modern bearers of nb Bol in Norway have an unrelated Southeast Asian naming background. The specific source language and etymology of this use have not been identified in the available Norwegian source.
Derived terms
nb Bolette diminutive
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway data reported by Babyverden, 5 girls and women in Norway had nb Bol as their first or sole given name as of 1 January 2026.https://www.babyverden.no/navn/boel/ Boel Babyverden 8 May 2026 nb
References
https://www.babyverden.no/navn/bol/ Bol Babyverden 14 September 2021 nb
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Bol Bol Nordic Names
Kruken, Kristoffer and Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.
Anagrams
nb blo lob
Serbo-Croatian
hr:+ (Splitsko-dalmatinska županija)
Etymology
sh la vallum entrenchment.
Proper noun
Bȏl m-in
a town on the south of the island of Brač in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia, population 1,661 (2005)