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