Bogomil (name)

Bogomil / Bogumił / Bohumil
Gender male
Origin
Word/name Slavic
Meaning Dear to God
Other names
Variant form(s) Bogomila (f), Bogumiła (f), Bohumila (f)
Related names Bogusław, Bogdan; Amadeus, Theophil, Gottlieb
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Bogomil (Cyrillic: Богомил, also Bogumił in Polish, Bohumil in Czech and Slovak) is a given name of Slavic origin. It is composed of the Slavic words 'bog' (god) and 'mil' (dear) and literally means 'Dear to God'. Thus it is considered as the equivalent to Latin Amadeus, Greek Theophil and German Gottlieb. Its feminine equivalents are Bogomila, Bogumiła, Bohumila. The sound change of 'g' > 'h' occurred in Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech and Slovak. The name may refer to:

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