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

adjective An adjective (abbreviations, abbreviated ) is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase. Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun. Traditionally, adjectives are considered one of the main part of speech, parts of ...

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

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

n and

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n society since the Middle Ages. It is apotropaic (protective), found in Serbian naming culture along with popular names such as Vuk, Nenad,

Staniša Staniša ( sr-cyr, Станиша) is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from Slavic root ''stan'' and suffix ''-iša''. It was traditionally given as an Apotropaic magic, apotropaic (protective) name, when children often died, or when many chi ...

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 surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based o ...

s Prodanić, Prodanov and Prodanović are derived from the name. In Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Italy, Romania and Moldova Prodan (

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

and Ukrainian: Продан) is found as a surname.

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* Prodan Gardzhev (1936–2003), Bulgarian Olympic wrestler * Prodan Georgiev (1904–?), Bulgarian cyclist * Prodan Rupar (1815–1877), Herzegovinian Serb rebel * Prodan Tishkov (1860–1906), aka " Chardafon", Bulgarian revolutionary and cavalry officer

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

Ciprian Prodan Ciprian Cornel Prodan (born 28 April 1979 in Satu Mare, Satu Mare County) is a Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the nor ...

(born 1979), Romanian footballer *

Daniel Prodan Daniel "Didi" Claudiu Prodan (23 March 1972 – 16 November 2016) was a Romanian professional association football, footballer who played mainly as a centre-back. In a career marred by injuries, he played mainly for FC Steaua București, Steaua ...

(1972–2016), Romanian footballer * Dănuț Prodan (born 1985), Romanian footballer * Gino Prodan (born 1952), Croatian footballer * Ion Prodan (footballer) (born 1992), Moldovan footballer * Luca Prodan (1953–1987), Italian-Argentine musician * Oksana Prodan (born 1974), Ukrainian politician * Vasyl Prodan (born 1972), acting mayor of Chernivtsi city, businessman, philanthropist * Yuriy Prodan (born 1959), Ukrainian politician

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