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View Name: Bogdan


BOGDAN
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
OTHER SCRIPTS: Богдан (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Church Slavic)
PRONOUNCED: BAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bog "god" and dan "given".
Related Names
DIMINUTIVES: Boško (Slovene), Boško (Serbian), Boško (Croatian)
FEMININE FORMS: Bogna, Bogdana (Polish), Bogdana (Russian), Bogdana (Slovene), Bogdana (Bulgarian), Bogdana (Serbian), Bogdana (Macedonian), Bogdana (Romanian)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Bohdan (Czech), Bohdan (Ukrainian)



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