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Bogdan Đurđić
Bogdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic names, Slavic masculine name that appears in the South Slavic languages and in Polish language, Polish, Romanian language, Romanian and Moldovan language, Moldovan. It is derived from the Slavic languages, Slavic words '':wiktionary:Appendix:Proto-Slavic/bogъ, Bog'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning 'god', and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: дан), meaning 'given'. The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theódoros (Theodore (name), Theodore, Theodosius) or Hebrew Matthew (given name), Matthew with the same meaning. The name is also used as a surname in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. Bogdana is the feminine version of the name. Variations The sound change of 'g' into 'h' (into Bohdan (name), Bohdan) occurred in the West Slavic languages and in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. Both Bogdan and Bohdan are used in Poland. Slavic variants include Bulgarian language, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian Božidar (Божидар) and Polish Bożydar (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Names
Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Name order, Western order" of "given name, surname". The most common exceptions are alphabetized list of surnames, e.g. "Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, Johann Sebastian", as well as some official documents and spoken southern German dialects. In most of this, the German conventions parallel the naming conventions in most of Western and Central Europe, including English name, English, Dutch name, Dutch, Italian name, Italian, and French name, French. There are some vestiges of a patronymic system as they survive in parts of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, but these do not form part of the official name. Women traditionally adopted their husband's name upon marriage and would occasionally retain their maiden name by hyphenation, in a so-called ''Doppelna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |