Bogdan

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Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that also appears in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words Bog/Boh (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and dan (Cyrillic: дан), meaning "given". The name appears to be an early calque from Byzantine Theodotus (Theodosius) with the same meaning.^[1] The name is also used as a surname.

Variations

The sound change of 'g' into 'h' occurred in the Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech and Slovak languages (hence Bohdan). Although this sound change did not occur in the Polish language, either Bogdan or Bohdan may be used in Poland.

Slavic variants include Serbo-Croatian Božidar^[2] (Polish: Bożydar, Bulgarian: Божидар), while diminutive forms and nicknames include Boguś, Bodya, Boca, Boci, Boća, Boša, Bogi.^{[citation needed]} The feminine form is Bogdana or Bohdana, with variants such as Bogdanka.

Names with similar meanings are Greek Theodore, Kurdish Bokan, Persian Khudadad, Arabic Ataullah, Hebrew Nathaniel, Jonathan, Matthew and Matityahu, Latin Deodatus and French Dieudonné.

Name days

• Bulgarian: 6 January
• Croatian: 12 May
• Czech: 9 November
• Polish: 19 March, 17 July, 10 August or 9 October
• Slovak: 21 December

People

Medieval

• Bogdan I of Moldavia (1359–1365), and the House of Bogdan-Muşat (Bogdania was an early name for the principality of Moldavia, named after Bogdan I)
• Bogdan II of Moldavia (1449–1451)
• Bogdan III the One-Eyed (1504–1517), Voivode of Moldavia
• Bogdan of Hum (died 1252), Serbian Prince of Hum (fl. -1249)
• Bogdan II of Hum, Serbian Prince of Hum (fl. 1312)
• Vratko Nemanjić, known as Jug Bogdan (fl. 1331–1355), Serbian military commander and hero character in Serb epic poetry
• Bogdan Kirizmić (fl. 1361–1371), Serbian financial manager in the service of Vukašin Mrnjavčević (fl. 1371)
• Bogdan (fl. 1407–1413), Serbian state financial manager under Despot Stefan Lazarević, merchant from Prizren and donator to Kalenić monastery
• Bogdan (fl. 1407), Serbian logothete in the service of Despot Stefan
• Bogdan, Serbian chancellor in the service of Despot Đurađ Branković (r. 1427–1456)
• Bogdan (fl. 1469), Bulgarian nobleman from Nikopol

Modern

• Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian architect
• Bogdan Borusewicz, Polish politician
• Bohdan Bułakowski, Polish race walker
• Bogdan Dobrescu, Romanian boxer
• Bogdan Diklić, Serbian actor
• Bogdan Filov, Bulgarian archeologist and politician
• Bogdan Gavrilović, Serbian mathematician
• Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian hetman
• Bogdan Lalić, Croatian chessmaster
• Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer
• Bogdan Lobonţ, Romanian footballer
• Bogdan Mandić, Croat Roman Catholic
• Bogdan Maglich, American physicist
• Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz, Romanian politician
• Bogdan Olteanu, Romanian politician
• Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian historian, philologist and politician
• Bohdan Pomahač, Czech plastic surgeon
• Bogdan Raczynski, Polish electronic musician
• Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer
• Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin basketball coach
• Bogdan Tirnanić, Serbian journalist and essayists
• Bohdan Sláma, Czech director
• Bohdan Stupka, Ukrainian actor
• Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech tennis player
• Bohdan Warchal, Slovak violinist and dirigent

Surname

• Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian goalkeeper
• Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti, Romanian activist, art collector and painter
• Angela Bogdan, Canadian diplomat
• Jakub Bogdan, Slovak painter
• Srećko Bogdan, Croatian footballer
• Zvonko Bogdan, Serbian composer and singer

Derivatives

• Bogdanci, town in Republic of Macedonia
• Bogdanje, village near Trstenik, Raška district, Serbia
• Bogdanovci, village and municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia
• Bohdan, village in Ukraine, Transcarpathion
• Bohdanivka (Богданівка), 46 villages in Ukraine

See also

• Bogdani, surname meaning son of Bogdan
• Bogdanov, surname meaning son of Bogdan
• Bogdanovich (Bogdanović), surname meaning son of Bogdan
• Bogdanovsky, Bogdanovski
• Bogusław (given name)
• Slavic names

References

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