Bogdan

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Bogdan Given Name
Gender	male
Meaning	given by God
Region of Origin	Central and Eastern Europe
Origin	Slavic
Related names	Theodore, Bogoljub
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Bogdan

Bogdan (Cyrillic: Богдан), a Slavic name meaning "given by God" and largely corresponding to Greek Theodore, Hebrew Nathanael and Jonathan, Latin Deodatus, may refer to:

Contents 1 Name 1.1 Rulers of Moldavia 1.2 Americans 1.3 Bulgarians 1.4 Montenegrins 1.5 Poles 1.6 Romanians 1.7 Ukrainians 2 Surname 3 Companies

[edit] Name

[edit] Rulers of Moldavia

• Bogdan I of Moldavia (1359 - 1365)
  • Bogdania was an early name for the principality of Moldavia (named after Bogdan I).
• Bogdan II of Moldavia (1449 - 1451)
• Bogdan III cel Orb (1504 - 1517)
• Bogdan IV of Moldavia (1568 - 1572)

[edit] Americans

• Bogdan Maglich, American physicist

[edit] Bulgarians

• Bogdan Filov, Bulgarian politician

[edit] Montenegrins

• Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin basketball coach

[edit] Poles

• Bogdan Borusewicz, Polish politician
• Bogdan Kacmajor, Polish preacher
• Bogdan Raczynski, Polish electronic musician

[edit] Romanians

• Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian historian, philologist and politician
• Bogdan Lobonţ, Romanian footballer
• Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer

[edit] Ukrainians

• Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, 1st hetman of independent Ukraine; Cossack hetman
• Bogdan Igor Antonyc, Ukrainian poet

[edit] Surname

• Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti, Romanian activist, art collector and painter
• Angela Bogdan, Canadian diplomat
• Ioan Bogdan, Romanian slavicist
• Jakub Bogdan, Slovak painter

[edit] Companies

• Bogdan group, Ukrainian automobile manufacturer
• Bogdan (bus), brand of buses made by the Bogdan group