Bogomil (Cyrillic: Богомил, also Bogumił in Polish,

Bohumil Bohumil is a Slavic male given name. Means "favoured by God" from the Slavic elements bog ''god'' and mil ''favour''. Pronounced ''baw-huw-MIL''. Nicknames are Bob, Bobby, Bohouš, Bohoušek, Bohuš, Mila, Milek, Bogie, Boga, Bozha. Another forms a ...

in Czech and Slovak) is a Bulgarian given name of Slavic origin. It is composed of the Slavic words 'bog' (god) and 'mil' (dear) and means 'Dear to God'. Its feminine equivalents are Bogomila, Bogumiła, Bohumila. The

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of 'g' > 'h' occurred in

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and Slovak. Similar names include Latin

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, Greek

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and German

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. The name may refer to:

People

Bogomil (priest) Bogomil ( Cyrillic: Богомил) was a 10th-century Bulgarian priest who was connected with the origins of Bogomilism. ''Bogomil'' is a Theophoric name consisting of ''Bog'' (God) and ''mil'' (dear). He was declared a heresiarch by both the Catho ...

, medieval Bulgarian monk, founder of the Gnostic sect known as

Bogomilism Bogomilism (Bulgarian and Macedonian: ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", bogumilstvo, богумилство) was a Christian neo-Gnostic or dualist sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire by the priest Bogomil during the reign of Tsar Pete ...

*blessed

Bogumilus Bogumilus, in Polish Bogumił Piotr, (also known as Bogimilus and Theophilus)Bogomil Avramov Bogomil K. Avramov-Hemy (born August 17, 1937 in Varna, Bulgaria, Varna) is a Bulgarian writer and poet. He writes both fiction and science essays on the modern problems of ecology. He is married, and has two sons. His books include ''Cricket in ...

, Bulgarian writer *

Bogumil Dawison Bogumil Dawison (15 May 18181 February 1872) was a Polish-born German actor. He was born in Warsaw, of Jewish parents. At the age of nineteen he went on the stage. In 1839 he received an appointment to the theater of Lemberg in Galicia. In 1847 ...

, German actor * Bogomil Dyakov, Bulgarian footballer *

Bogomil Gjuzel Bogomil Gjuzel ( mk, Богомил Ѓузел; bg, Богомил Гюзел ; sr, Богомил Ђузел; 9 February 1939 – 22 April 2021) was a Macedonian poet, writer, playwright and translator. Biography Born in 1939 in Čačak, Kingd ...

, Macedonian writer *

Bogumił (Archbishop of Gniezno) Bogumił (died 1092) was an early archbishop of Gniezno in Poland. Metropolitan Archdiocese of G ...

(died 1092) *

Bogumil Goltz Bogumil Goltz (20 March 180112 November 1870) was a German humorist and satirist known mostly for his work ''Buch der Kindheit'' ("Book of Childhood"). Biography He was born in Warsaw. After attending the classical schools of Marienwerder and K� ...

, German humorist and satirist *

Bogumił Grott Bogumił Andrzej Grott (IPA: ɔˈɡumiw ˈand.ʐɛj ˈɡɾɔt̪ (born 3 January 1940 in Warsaw) is a Polish historian, lecturer and professor at the Institute of Religious Studies of Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He specializes in the histo ...

, Polish historian, lecturer and professor at the Institute of Religious Studies of Jagiellonian University in Kraków *

Bohumil Hrabal Bohumil Hrabal (; 28 March 1914 – 3 February 1997) was a Czech writer, often named among the best Czech writers of the 20th century. Early life Hrabal was born in Židenice (suburb of Brno) on 28 March 1914, in what was then the province ...

, Czech writer *

Bogumił Kobiela Bogumił Kobiela (31 May 1931 – 10 July 1969) was a Polish stage and film actor. He was an actor of , Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw, Komedia Theatre in Warsaw, Bim-Bom student theatre, Kabaret Wagabunda and Kabaret Dudek. He suffered serious inj ...

, Polish film actor *

Bogumiła Lisocka-Jaegermann Bogumiła Lisocka-Jaegermann (born 1956) is a Polish social scientist and writer, specialising in the fields of history and development of the Third World and developing countries. Most of her works focus on Latin American history, social and ec ...

, Polish social scientist and writer, specialising in the fields of history and development of the Third World and developing countries *

Bogumil Vošnjak Bogumil Vošnjak, also known as Bogomil Vošnjak (9 September 1882 – 18 June 1955), was a Slovene and Yugoslav jurist, politician, diplomat, author, and legal historian. He often wrote under the pseudonym Illyricus. Biography He was bor ...

, Slovenian liberal politician

Fictional characters

*Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil in ''

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External links

Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Bogumił
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