Bodil (first name)
Bodil is a Danish female given name . It is probably derived from Bothild , which in turn is composed of the Old Saxon Bodo , "messenger" and the Old High German Hiltia , "fight".
Name bearers
- Bodil Gertrud Begtrup (1903–1987), Danish politician, women's rights activist and diplomat
- Bodil Bredsdorff (* 1951), Danish author for children and young people
- Bodil Duus (* around 1915), Danish badminton player
- Bodil Ipsen (1889–1964), Danish actress and film director
- Bodil Joensen (1944–1985), Danish porn actress
- Bodil Kjer (1917–2003), Danish actress
- Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016), Swedish poet and writer
- Bodil Rosing (1877–1941), Danish-American actress
- Bodil Ryste (* 1979), Norwegian ski mountaineer
- Bodil Steensen-Leth (* 1945), Danish writer
- Bodil Strømann (* around 1910; †), Danish badminton player
- Bodil Svendsen (* 1916), Danish canoeist
- Bodil Udsen (1925–2008), Danish actress
- Bodil Valero (* 1958), Swedish politician
swell
- Reclam's name book, Stuttgart, 1987, ISBN 3-15-007399-5