Bogdan
| Bogdan | |
|---|---|
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Meaning | given by God |
| Region of origin | Eastern Europe |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Božidar, Bożydar |
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Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that also appears in Romania and 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 (Божидар)[2] and Polish Bożydar, while diminutive forms and nicknames include Boguś, Bodya, Boca, Boci, Boća, Boša, Bogi. 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 Zane, 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
- Hungarian: 2 September
People
- Medieval
- 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 I of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1359–1365), and the House of Bogdan-Muşat (Bogdania was an early name for the principality of Moldavia, named after Bogdan I)
- Bogdan Kirizmić (fl. 1361–1371), Serbian financial manager in the service of Vukašin Mrnjavčević (fl. 1371)
- Bogdan (fl. 1363), kaznac in the service of Emperor Uroš V
- 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 II of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1449–1451)
- Bogdan (fl. 1469), Bulgarian nobleman from Nikopol
- Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1504–1517)
- Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Ukraine (r. 1648-1657)
- Modern
- Bogdan Aldea, Romanian footballer
- Bogdan Andone, Romanian footballer
- Bogdan Apostu, Romanian footballer
- Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian banker
- Bogdan Bălan, Romanian rugby union player
- Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian architect
- Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
- Bogdan Borusewicz, Polish politician
- Bogdan Bucurică, Romanian footballer
- Bogdan Buhuș, Romanian footballer
- Bohdan Bułakowski, Polish race walker
- Bogdan Cistean, Romanian footballer
- Bogdan Ciufulescu, Romanian wrestler
- Bogdan Cotolan, Romanian footballer
- Bogdan Curta, Romanian folk singer
- Bogdan Dobrescu, Romanian boxer
- Bogdan Diklić, Serbian actor
- Bogdan Filov, Bulgarian archaeologist and politician
- Bogdan Gavrilović, Serbian mathematician
- Bogdan Juratoni, Romanian footballer
- 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 Pătrașcu, Romanian footballer
- Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian historian, philologist and politician
- Bohdan Pomahač, Czech plastic surgeon
- Bogdan Raczynski, Polish electronic musician
- Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer
- Bogdan Stoica, Romanian kickboxer
- 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
- George Bogdan, Romanian physician
- 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