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
sound change
A sound change, in historical linguistics, is a change in the pronunciation of a language. A sound change can involve the replacement of one speech sound (or, more generally, one phonetic feature value) by a different one (called phonetic chang ...
of 'g' > 'h' occurred in
Ukrainian,
Belarusian
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* Something of, or related to Belarus
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* Belarusian language
* Belarusian culture
* Belarusian cuisine
* Byelor ...
,
Czech and
Slovak.
Similar names include Latin
Amadeus, Greek
Theophil and German
Gottlieb.
The name may refer to:
People
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Bogomil (priest), medieval Bulgarian monk, founder of the Gnostic sect known as
Bogomilism
*blessed
Bogumilus (Bogumił) (died 1182 or 1204), archbishop of Gniezno and hermit
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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
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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
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Bogomil Dyakov
Bogomil Dyakov ( bg, Богомил Дяков; born 12 April 1984) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Career Early career
Dyakov came through the youth ranks at Levski Sofia. In his time at the club he mad ...
, Bulgarian footballer
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Bogomil Gjuzel, Macedonian writer
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Bogumił (Archbishop of Gniezno) (died 1092)
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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 ...
, German humorist and satirist
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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
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Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer
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Bogumił Kobiela, Polish film actor
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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 ...
, Polish social scientist and writer, specialising in the fields of history and development of the Third World and developing countries
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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 ''
Beverly Hills Cop''
External links
Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Bogumił
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Bulgarian masculine given names
Czech masculine given names
Slovene masculine given names
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