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 (1930–2026), 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 Jönsson (born 1942), Swedish physicist and author
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