Given Name BOJAN

GENDER: Masculine

OTHER SCRIPTS: Бојан (Serbian, Macedonian)

PRONOUNCED: BO-yan (Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian) [details]

Meaning & History

Derived from the Slavic element boji meaning "battle". This was the name of a 9th-century Bulgarian saint.

FEMININE FORMS: Bojana (Serbian), Bojana (Croatian), Bojana (Slovene), Bojana (Macedonian)

OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Boyan, Boyko (Bulgarian)

USER SUBMISSION: Bojan

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