Prodan ( Bulgarian and Croatian: Продан) is a South Slavic (Bulgarian, Serbian and Croatian) masculine given name, itself a passive

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('' prodan'') from Slavic '' prodati''–"to sell", hence meaning "sold". It is attested in

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n society since the Middle Ages. It is apotropaic (protective), found in Serbian naming culture along with popular names such as Vuk, Nenad, Staniša and others. Some adopted children were historically also given that byname. Variants and diminutives of the name found in Serbian culture include ''Prodanac'' (), ''Prodanko'' (), ''Proka'' (), ''Proko'' (), ''Prokašin'' (), ''Prole'' (), ''Proca'' (), ''Proša'' (), ''Projo'' (), and others. Variants and diminutives of the name found in Bulgarian culture include ''Prode'' (), ''Prodyo'' (), ''Prodiyo'' (), ''Prodanko'' (), ''Proyko'' (), ''Proye'' (), ''Proyo'' (), and others. The patronymic surnames Prodanić, Prodanov and Prodanović are derived from the name. In Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova Prodan (

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

and Ukrainian: Продан) is found as a surname.

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Hadži-Prodan Prodan Gligorijević, known simply as Hadži-Prodan ( sr-cyr, Хаџи-Продан Глигоријевић; 1760 – 1825) was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander) in the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian Revolution, then the Gree ...

Gligorijević (1760–1825), Serbian revolutionary * Prodan Rupar (1815–1877), Herzegovinian Serb rebel *Prodan Tishkov "

Chardafon Chardafon ( bg, Чардафон), born Prodan Tishkov (Продан Тишков; 1860 in Gabrovo – 22 November 1906), was a Bulgarian revolutionary. Chardafon took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 as a volunteer. After the liberat ...

" (1860–1906), Bulgarian military * Prodan Georgiev (1904–?), Bulgarian cyclist *

Prodan Gardzhev Prodan Stoyanov Gardzhev ( bg, Продан Стоянов Гарджев, 8 April 1936 – 5 July 2003) was a Bulgarian middleweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1964 and a bronze i ...

(1936–2003), Bulgarian Olympic wrestler

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* Yuriy Prodan (born 1959), Ukrainian politician * Daniel Prodan (1972–2016), Romanian footballer * Ion Prodan (footballer) (born 1992), Moldovan footballer * Dănuț Prodan (born 1985), Romanian footballer * Luca Prodan (1953–1987), Italian-Argentine musician * Ciprian Prodan (born 1979), Romanian footballer *

Andrea Prodan Andrea Prodan (born 16 November 1961) is an Italian-Argentinian film actor, composer and musician. He is the younger brother of rock star Luca Prodan, notable for his musical career in Argentina, leading the rock band Sumo. Biography The Prod ...

(born 1961), Scottish-Italian film actor, composer and musician * (born 1950), badminton player

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