Prodan (

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

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

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prodan Prodan ( Bulgarian and Croatian: Продан) is a South Slavic (Bulgarian, Serbian and Croatian) masculine given name, itself a passive adjective ('' prodan'') from Slavic '' prodati''–"to sell", hence meaning "sold". It is attested in Bulgar ...

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

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n and

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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 Nenad (; Cyrillic script: Ненад) is a male personal name of Slavic origin common in countries that speak Slavic languages. It is more widespread in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and North Macedonia than in other count ...

, 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 Prodanović is a Serbian surname, derived from the name ''Prodan''. It may refer to: *Boško Prodanović (born 1943), Former Bosnian footballer * Jaša Prodanović, Former Serbian Minister for Serbia in Yugoslav government * Ilija Prodanović (bor ...

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 Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

: Продан) is found as a surname.

People

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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 Prodan Georgiev ( bg, Продан Георгиев, born 1904, date of death unknown) was a Bulgarian cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, ex ...

(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

Surname

Yuriy Prodan Yuri Vasylovych Prodan ( uk, Юрій Васильович Продан) is Ukrainian power engineer and politician. He has served as Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of 18 December 2007 to 11 March 2010, and Minister of Energy and Coal Ind ...

(born 1959), Ukrainian politician *

Daniel Prodan Daniel Claudiu Prodan (23 March 1972 – 16 November 2016) was a Romanian footballer who played mainly as a central defender. In a career marred by injuries, he played mainly for Steaua București and represented the Romania national team in o ...

(1972–2016), Romanian footballer *

Ion Prodan (footballer) Ion Prodan, also known as Ivan Prodan, is a Moldovan footballer who plays as a center back for Daco-Getica București in the Romanian Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league syste ...

(born 1992), Moldovan footballer *

Dănuț Prodan Dănuţ Tănăsel Prodan (born 13 January 1985) is a Romanian former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Ameri ...

(born 1985), Romanian footballer *

Luca Prodan Luca Prodan (17 May 1953 – 22 December 1987) was an Italian-Argentinian musician and singer who rose to fame as the leading vocalist of Sumo, one of the most influential rock bands of Argentina,''Argentina Independent''Lo de Luca: Homage to a R ...

(1953–1987), Italian-Argentine musician *

Ciprian Prodan Ciprian Cornel Prodan (born 28 April 1979 in Satu Mare, Satu Mare County) is a Romanian former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are ...

(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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