Bogdan or Bohdan (

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: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all

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as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words ''

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/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. The name is also used as a

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Variations

The

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of 'g' into 'h' occurred in the Ukrainian,

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, 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 Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian Božidar (Божидар) 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, Arabic Ataullah, Hebrew Nathaniel,

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, and

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, Latin Deodatus, French Dieudonné and Bangla Devdutta.

Name days

* Bulgarian: 6 January * Croatian: 12 May * Czech: 9 November * Hungarian: 2 September * Polish: 19 March, 17 July, 10 August or 9 October * Slovak: 21 December * Moldovian: 19 October

Given name

Medieval

Bogdan of Hum Bogdan or Bohdan ( Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words '' Bog/Boh'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and ''dan'' (Cyrillic ...

(died 1252), Serbian Prince of Hum (fl. –1249) *

Bogdan II of Hum Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic names, Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavs, Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic languages, Slavic words '':wiktionary:Appendix:Proto-Slav ...

, Serbian Prince of Hum (fl. 1312) *

Bogdan (magnate) Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words ''Bog/Boh'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: ...

, a Macedonian magnate confused with

Vratko Nemanjić Vratko Nemanjić (fl. 1325–1355) was a Serbian noble, father of Prince Lazar's spouse Princess Milica of Serbia, Milica. Serbian epic poetry identifies him with Yug Bogdan ("South Bogdan") or Ljutica Bogdan ("Irate Bogdan"), a mythical hero in t ...

as a hero of Serbian epic poetry. * Bogdan I of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1359–1365), and the

House of Bogdan-Muşat A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...

(''Bogdania'' was an early name for the principality of Moldavia, named after Bogdan I) *

Bogdan Kirizmić Bogdan Kirizmić ( sr-cyr, Богдан Киризмић; 1358–71), was a Serbian nobleman, merchant from Prizren, ''protovestijar'' (financial manager) in the service of King Vukašin Mrnjavčević, Vukašin (co-ruled Serbia 1365–71, alongs ...

(fl. 1361–1371), Serbian financial manager in the service of Vukašin Mrnjavčević (fl. 1371) *

Bogdan Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words '' Bog/Boh'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: ...

(fl. 1363), ''kaznac'' in the service of Emperor Uroš V *

(fl. 1407–1413), Serbian state financial manager under Despot

Stefan Lazarević Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall ( sr, Стефан Високи / ''Stefan Visoki''), was the ruler of Serbia as prince (1389–1402) and despot (1402–1427), ...

, merchant from Prizren and donator to Kalenić monastery *

(fl. 1407), Serbian logothete in the service of Despot Stefan *

, Serbian chancellor in the service of Despot Đurađ Branković (r. 1427–1456) * Bogdan II of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1449–1451) *

(fl. 1469), Bulgarian nobleman from Nikopol * Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1504–1517) *

Bohdan Khmelnytsky Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...

, Hetman of Ukraine (r. 1648–1657)

Modern

Bogdan Aldea Bogdan Aurelian Aldea (born 26 April 1981) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder and currently he is a fitness coach at CFR Cluj. Playing career Bogdan Aldea was born in Târgoviște and began his career at the Romanian clu ...

, Romanian footballer *

Bogdan Andone Bogdan Ioan Andone (born 7 January 1975) is a Romanian Association football, football Manager (association football), manager of Cypriot club Apollon Limassol FC, Apollon Limassol and former professional player. After spending most of his caree ...

, Romanian footballer *

Bogdan Apostu Bogdan Radu Apostu (born 20 April 1982) is a Romanians, Romanian former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Apostu grew up at FC Corvinul Hunedoara, Corvinul Hunedoara well known football aca ...

, Romanian footballer * Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian banker *

Bogdan Bălan Bogdan Bălan (born 11 February 1980 in Brăila) is a Romanian former rugby union footballer who played as prop. Balan began his rugby career playing for Brăila in his home town. He then played for Timişoara, U Cluj and Bucharest Wolves. After ...

, Romanian rugby union player * Bogdan Bogdanović (architect), Serbian architect *

Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball) Bogdan Bogdanović ( sr-cyr, Богдан Богдановић; born 18 August 1992) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the Serbian national basketba ...

, Serbian basketball player *

Bogdan Borusewicz Bogdan Michał Borusewicz (; born 11 January 1949) was the Marshal in the Senate of Poland, Polish Senate from 20 October 2005 to 11 November 2015. Borusewicz was a democratic opposition activist under the History of Poland (1945-1989), Communist ...

, Polish politician *

Bogdan Bucurică Bogdan Bucurica (born 11 February 1986) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a defender for CSU Alba Iulia.

, Romanian footballer * Bogdan Buhuș, Romanian footballer *

Bohdan Bułakowski Bohdan Adam Bułakowski (born 11 January 1950 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie) is a retired race walking, race walker from Poland, who represented his native country at the Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. There h ...

, Polish race walker * Bogdan Burtea, Romanian scholar *

Bogdan Cistean Bogdan Iosif Cistean (born 29 December 1986) is a Romanian former football player and current Norfolk based football coach. References External links

* 1986 births Living people People from Blaj Romanian footballers Association footbal ...

, Romanian footballer *

Bogdan Ciufulescu Bogdan Ciufulescu (born 1 April 1970) is a Romanian former wrestler who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Cent ...

, Romanian wrestler *

Bogdan Ciupek Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words ''Bog/Boh'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: ...

2022 missile explosion in Poland On 15 November 2022, a missile struck the territory of Poland at the village of Przewodów near the border with Ukraine. The incident occurred during an attack on Ukrainian cities and energy facilities by Russia. It was the first incident ...

victim *

Bogdan Cotolan Bogdan Viorel Cotolan (born 4 November 1981 in Targoviste, Romania) is a Romanian football player. Cotolan made his professional debut with Gloria Buzău in the Romanian second league. During the winter of 2005–06 he was tested by CFR Cluj ...

, Romanian footballer *

Bogdan Curta Bogdan Curta (born 13 September 1982 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Romanian folk singer-songwriter, poet and radio host. Biography Bogdan Curta began his musical career at the age of 13, since when he participated at numerous concerts, TV and r ...

, Romanian folk singer *

Mihai Bogdan Dobrescu Mihai Bogdan Dobrescu (born November 30, 1976, in Ploieşti, Prahova) is a boxer from Romania, who won the silver medal in the Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) division at the 2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Tampere, Finland. ...

, Romanian boxer * Bogdan Diklić, Serbian actor *

Bogdan Filov Bogdan Dimitrov Filov ( bg, Богдан Димитров Филов; 10 April 1883 – 1 February 1945) was a Bulgarian archaeologist, art historian and politician. He was prime minister of Bulgaria during World War II. During his tenure, Bulga ...

, Bulgarian archaeologist and politician * Bogdan Gavrilović, Serbian mathematician *

Bogdan Juratoni Bogdan Andrei Juratoni (born June 17, 1990 in Deva) is a Romanian boxer. Juratoni won the bronze medal at the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Baku and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. ...

, Romanian footballer * Bogdan Lalić, Croatian chess Grandmaster * Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer *

Bogdan Lobonţ Bogdan or Bohdan ( Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words '' Bog/Boh'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and ''dan'' (Cyrillic ...

, Romanian footballer *

Bohdan Łazuka Bohdan may refer to: * Bohdan, a Slavic masculine name, a variant spelling of Bogdan (which includes a list of people named Bohdan as well as Bogdan) * Bohdan, Podlaskie Voivodeship, a village in Poland * Bohdan (bus) Bogdan ( uk, Богда ...

, Polish actor * Bogdan Mandić, Croat Roman Catholic priest * Bogdan Maglich, American physicist * Bogdan Musiał, Polish-German historian *

Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz (; December 14, 1949 – November 16, 2019) was a Romanian politician and architect. A member and twice minister of the Democratic Party (PD), he joined the Social Democratic Party in 2003, and was again a minister in 2004. ...

, Romanian politician *

Bogdan Olteanu Bogdan Olteanu (born 29 October 1971) is a Romanian politician and lawyer. He was the president of the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of the Romanian Parliament) between 2006 and 2008. Olteanu had formerly been a member of the National L ...

, Romanian politician *

Bogdan Pătrașcu Bogdan Aurelian Pătrașcu (born 7 May 1979) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Career He started his career at Sportul Studențesc București, from where he was transferred to the Bulgarian club Litex Love ...

, Romanian footballer * Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian historian, philologist and politician *

Bogdan Planić Bogdan Planić (; born 19 January 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender at Shabab Al Ahli. Club career Born in Titovo Užice, Planić started out at Zlatibor Čajetina in the Drina Zone League, before transferring t ...

, Serbian footballer *

Bohdan Pomahač Bohdan Pomahač (; born 8 March 1971) is a Czech plastic surgeon. He led the team that performed the first full face transplant in United States and the third overall in the world. Biography Pomahač's parents were a chemical engineer and a scho ...

, Czech plastic surgeon * Bogdan Raczynski, Polish electronic musician * Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer *

Bogdan Stoica Bogdan Cristian Stoica (born January 28, 1990) is a Romanian professional kickboxer and boxer, and former wushu practitioner. He is currently signed to ONE Championship. Stoica is also one-time SUPERKOMBAT Cruiserweight Champion, one-tim ...

, Romanian kickboxer * Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin basketball coach *

Bogdan Tirnanić Bogdan Tirnanić ( Serbian Cyrillic: ''Богдан Тирнанић'') (September 14, 1941 – January 16, 2009) was one of the most prominent Serbian journalists, essayists and movie critics. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia. He wrote columns ...

, Serbian journalist and essayists * Bogdan Ilić, Serbian YouTuber, rapper, gamer and entertainer * Bohdan Tůma, Czech actor and voice actor *

Bohdan Sláma Bohdan Sláma (born 29 May 1967 in Opava) is a Czech film director. He studied at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague ( cs, Akademie múzických umění v Praze, ...

, Czech director * Bohdan Stupka, Ukrainian actor * Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech tennis player *

Bohdan Warchal Bohdan Warchal (27 January 1930 in Orlová, Czechoslovakia – 30 December 2000 in Bratislava, Slovakia) was a Slovaks, Slovak violinist, a member of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and founder, chief conductor and soloist of the Slovak Chambe ...

, Slovak violinist and dirigent * Bogdan Zimonjić, Serbian priest and military commander

Surname

The surname Bogdan is one of the most common surnames in the Sisak-Moslavina County of Croatia. It may refer to: * Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian goalkeeper * Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player *

Angela Bogdan Angela Bogdan is a current Canadian diplomat. She was concurrently appointed High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Maldives. Bogdan joined the Foreign Affairs Canada in 1984 and has served in different postings around Europe, including the Canadian ...

, Canadian diplomat *

Christopher Bogdan Christopher Carl Bogdan is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General who served as the Program Executive Officer for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office in Arlington, Virginia. Previously, he was the Deputy Program Executive Of ...

, United States Air Force general *

George Bogdan George Bogdan (1859–1930) was a Romanian physician and university professor. Bogdan attended the National College in Iași, graduating in 1876. He studied medicine in France, and earned a doctorate in psychiatry there. After returning home, h ...

, Romanian physician * Goran Bogdan, Croatian actor * Henry Bogdan, American bassist and musician *

Jakub Bogdan Jakob Bogdani (6 May 1658 - 11 November 1724), whose names are sometimes spelt Jacob and Bogdány, was a Hungarians, Hungarian and United Kingdom, British artist well known for his still life and exotic bird paintings. Biography Bogdani was bo ...

, Slovak painter * Rareș Bogdan, Romanian politician * Srećko Bogdan, Croatian footballer * Zvonko Bogdan, Serbian composer and singer

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