Gender Masculine
Scripts Богдан(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian, Church Slavic)
Pronounced Pron. BAWG-dan(Polish) bug-DAN(Russian) BOG-dan(Serbian, Croatian) bog-DAN(Romanian)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bogu "god" and dan "given".

Related Names

VariantBohdan(Polish)
DiminutivesBoško(Slovene) Boban, Boško(Serbian) Boško(Croatian) Boban(Macedonian)
Feminine FormsBogdana, Bogna(Polish) Bogdana(Slovene) Bogdana, Dana(Bulgarian) Bogdana(Serbian) Bogdana(Romanian)
Other Languages & CulturesBahdan(Belarusian) Bohdan(Czech) Bohdan(Slovak) Bohdan(Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantsBogdanov(Bulgarian) Bogdanić, Bogdanović(Croatian) Bogdanov(Russian) Bogdanović(Serbian)
User SubmissionBogdán

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   wholesome   strong   strange   serious  

Name Days

Bulgaria: January 6
Croatia: November 8
Poland: March 19
Poland: July 17
Poland: August 10
Poland: October 9

Categories

Sources & References

  1. Goldschmidt, Paul. A Dictionary of Period Russian Names, available from https://heraldry.sca.org/names/paul/.
Entry updated February 4, 2020