Bogdan or Bohdan ( Cyrillic: 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 languages, Slavic words '':wiktionary:Appendix:Proto-Slavic/bogъ, Bog/Boh'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: дан), meaning "given". The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theodore (name), Theodore (Theodotus, Theodosius (disambiguation), Theodosius) with the same meaning. The name is also used as a surname.

Variations

The sound change of 'g' into 'h' occurred in the Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, Belarusian language, Belarusian, Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, 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 language, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian Božidar (Божидар) and Polish Bożydar (disambiguation), 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 (name), Theodore, Arabic Ataullah, Hebrew Nathaniel, Jonathan (name), Jonathan, and Matthew (name), Matthew, Latin Deusdedit (disambiguation), Deodatus, French Dieudonné (disambiguation), Dieudonné and Bangla Devdutta.

Name days

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

Given name

Medieval

*Bogdan of Hum (died 1252), Serbian Prince of Zahumlje, Hum (fl. –1249) *Bogdan II of Hum, Serbian Prince of Hum (fl. 1312) * Bogdan (magnate), a Macedonian magnate confused with Vratko Nemanjić as a hero of Serbian epic poetry. *Bogdan I of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1359–1365), and the House of Bogdan-Muşat (''Bogdania'' was an early name for the principality of Moldavia, named after Bogdan I) *Bogdan Kirizmić (fl. 1361–1371), Serbian financial manager in the service of Vukašin Mrnjavčević (fl. 1371) *Bogdan (kaznac), Bogdan (fl. 1363), ''kaznac'' in the service of Emperor Uroš V *Bogdan (protovestiarios), Bogdan (fl. 1407–1413), Serbian state financial manager under Despot Stefan Lazarević, merchant from Prizren and donator to Kalenić monastery *Bogdan (logothete), Bogdan (fl. 1407), Serbian logothete in the service of Despot Stefan *Bogdan (chancellor), Bogdan, Serbian chancellor in the service of Despot Đurađ Branković (r. 1427–1456) *Bogdan II of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1449–1451) *Bogdan (Bulgarian nobleman), Bogdan (fl. 1469), Bulgarian nobleman from Nikopol, Bulgaria, Nikopol *Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1504–1517) *Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Ukraine (r. 1648–1657)

Modern

*Bogdan Aldea, Romanian footballer *Bogdan Andone, Romanian footballer *Bogdan Apostu, Romanian footballer *Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian banker *Bogdan Bălan, Romanian rugby union player *Bogdan Bogdanović (architect), Serbian architect *Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball), Serbian basketball player *Bogdan Borusewicz, Polish politician *Bogdan Bucurică, Romanian footballer *Bogdan Buhuș, Romanian footballer *Bohdan Bułakowski, Polish race walker *Bogdan Burtea, Romanian scholar *Bogdan Cistean, Romanian footballer *Bogdan Ciufulescu, Romanian wrestler *Bogdan Ciupek, 2022 missile explosion in Poland victim *Bogdan Cotolan, Romanian footballer *Bogdan Curta, Romanian folk singer *Mihai Bogdan Dobrescu, Romanian boxer *Bogdan Diklić, Serbian actor *Bogdan Filov, Bulgarian archaeologist and politician *Bogdan Gavrilović, Serbian mathematician *Bogdan Juratoni, Romanian footballer *Bogdan Lalić, Croatian chess Grandmaster *Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer *Bogdan Lobonţ, Romanian footballer *Bohdan Łazuka, Polish actor *Leopold Mandić, Bogdan Mandić, Croat Roman Catholic priest *Bogdan Maglich, American physicist *Bogdan Musiał, Polish-German historian *Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz, Romanian politician *Bogdan Olteanu, Romanian politician *Bogdan Pătrașcu, Romanian footballer *Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian historian, philologist and politician *Bogdan Planić, Serbian footballer *Bohdan Pomahač, Czech plastic surgeon *Bogdan Raczynski, Polish electronic musician *Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer *Bogdan Stoica, Romanian kickboxer *Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin basketball coach *Bogdan Tirnanić, Serbian journalist and essayists *Baka Prase, Bogdan Ilić, Serbian YouTuber, rapper, gamer and entertainer *Bohdan Tůma, Czech actor and voice actor *Bohdan Sláma, Czech director *Bohdan Stupka, Ukrainian actor *Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech tennis player *Bohdan Warchal, 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, Canadian diplomat *Christopher Bogdan, United States Air Force general *George Bogdan, Romanian physician *Goran Bogdan, Croatian actor *Henry Bogdan, American bassist and musician *Jakub Bogdan, Slovak painter *Rareș Bogdan, Romanian politician *Srećko Bogdan, Croatian footballer *Zvonko Bogdan, Serbian composer and singer

References

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