Bogdan

Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, the Czech Republic and Poland. 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 Greek Theodore (Theodotus, Theodosius) with the same meaning.[1] The name is also used as a surname.

This article is about a Slavic given name. For other uses, see Bogdan group.
Bogdan
Gendermale
Origin
Word/nameSlavic
Meaninggiven by God
Region of originEastern Europe
Other names
Related namesBožidar, Bożydar
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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, Spanish Diosdado and French Dieudonné.

Name days

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

Surname

Other

Derivatives

See also

References
  1. Unbegaun, B.O. (1972). Russian surnames. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198156359.
  2. П. Скок. 1971. ЕТИМОЛОГИЈСКИ РЈЕЧНИК ХРВАТСКОГА ИЛИ СРПСКОГА ЈЕЗИКА. Југословенска академија знаности и умјетности. Загреб.
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