The names listed here are used in Bulgaria. See also about Bulgarian names.

ALEKSANDAR   Александър   m   Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of ALEXANDER

ANASTAS   Анастас   m   Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian
Spanish, Russian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIUS

ANASTASIY   Анастасий   m   Russian (Archaic), Bulgarian (Archaic)
Older Russian and Bulgarian form of ANASTASIUS

ANDON   Андон   m   Bulgarian
Variant of ANTON

ANDREI   Андрей   m   Romanian, Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic
Romanian form of ANDREW, and a variant Russian and Bulgarian transcription of ANDREY.

ANDREY   Андрей   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of ANDREW

ANGEL   Ангел   m & f   English, Bulgarian
From the medieval Latin masculine name Angelus which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derived from the Greek word αγγελος (angelos) meaning "messenger")... [more]

ANTON   Антон   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian, Estonian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

APOSTOL   Апостол   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of APOSTOLOS

ASEN   Асен   m   Bulgarian
Meaning unknown, probably of Turkic origin... [more]

ATANAS   Атанас   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of ATHANASIUS

BOGDAN   Богдан   m   Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bog "god" and dan "given".

BOGOMIL   Богомил   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of BOGUMIŁ

BOJIDAR   Божидар   m   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of BOZHIDAR

BORIS   Борис   m   Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, German, History
From the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf"... [more]

BORISLAV   Борислав   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Means "fame in battle" from the Slavic element bor "battle" combined with slav "glory".

BOYKO   Бойко   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian boya se "to be afraid of" or boy "battle".

BOZHIDAR   Божидар   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of BOŽIDAR

BRANIMIR   Бранимир   m   Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic element bron "protection" combined with mer "great, famous"... [more]

CHAVDAR   Чавдар   m   Bulgarian
Derived from a Persian word meaning "leader, dignitary".

DAMYAN   Дамян   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of DAMIAN

DANAIL   Данаил   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of DANIEL

DESISLAV   Десислав   m   Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic elements desi, possibly meaning either "ten" or "seek", and slav "glory".

DEYAN   Деян   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of DEJAN

DIMITAR   Димитър   m   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of DEMETRIUS

DRAGAN   Драган   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic element dorgu meaning "precious".

DRAGOMIR   Драгомир   m   Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Means "precious and peaceful" from the Slavic element dorgu meaning "precious" combined with mir "peace".

EMIL   Емил   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

EVGENI   Евгени   m   Bulgarian, Russian
Bulgarian form of EUGENE and a variant Russian transcription of YEVGENIY.

FILIP   Филип   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian
Cognate of PHILIP

GAVRAIL   Гавраил   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of GABRIEL

GAVRIL   Гаврил   m   Bulgarian, Romanian
Bulgarian and Romanian form of GABRIEL

GEORGI   Георги   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of GEORGE

GRIGOR   Григор   m   Welsh, Bulgarian
Welsh and Bulgarian form of GREGORY

GROZDAN   Гроздан   m   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from Bulgarian or Macedonian грозде (grozde) meaning "grapes".

HRISTO   Христо   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of CHRISTOPHER

ILIA   Илия   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Old Church Slavic
Variant transcription of ILYA or ILIYA

ILIJA   Илия   m   Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian form of ELIJAH, and a Bulgarian variant transcription of ILIYA.

ILIYA   Илия   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of ELIJAH

IOAN   Йоан   m   Romanian, Welsh, Bulgarian
Romanian and Welsh form of JOHN... [more]

IORDAN   Йордан   m   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of YORDAN

IVAILO   Ивайло   m   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of IVAYLO

IVAN   Иван   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene, English
Newer form of the old Slavic name Іѡаннъ (Ioannu), which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

IVAYLO   Ивайло   m   Bulgarian
Perhaps derived from an old Bulgar name meaning "wolf"... [more]

IVO (2)   Иво   m   Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Pet form of IVAN

KALOYAN   Калоян   m   Bulgarian
From Greek καλος Ιωαννης (kalos Ioannes) meaning "handsome JOHN", the nickname of a 13th-century emperor of Bulgaria... [more]

KAMEN   Камен   m   Bulgarian
Means "stone" in Bulgarian... [more]

KIRIL   Кирил   m   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of CYRIL

KLIMENT   Климент   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).

KONSTANTIN   Константин   m   German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian
Cognate of CONSTANTINE

KOSTA   Коста   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian diminutive of KONSTANTIN

KOSTADIN   Костадин   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian variant of CONSTANTINE

KRASIMIR   Красимир   m   Bulgarian
Means "beautiful peace" from the Slavic elements kras "beauty" and mir "peace".

KRASTIO   Кръстьо   m   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of KRASTYO

KRASTYO   Кръстьо   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian кръст (krast) meaning "cross"... [more]

KRASTYU   Кръстю   m   Bulgarian
Variant of KRASTYO

LAZAR   Лазар   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian form of LAZARUS

LUBEN   Любен   m   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of LYUBEN

LYUBEN   Любен   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Slavic lub meaning "love".

LYUBOMIR   Любомир   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of LUBOMIR

LYUDMIL   Людмил   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian masculine form of LUDMILA

MARKO   Марко   m   Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Finnish, Basque
Cognate of MARK

MARTIN   Мартин   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
From the Roman name Martinus, which was derived from Martis, the genitive case of the name of the Roman god MARS... [more]

MIHAIL   Михаил   m   Romanian, Bulgarian
Romanian and Bulgarian form of MICHAEL

MIKHAIL   Михаил   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian form of MICHAEL, and a variant Bulgarian transcription of MIHAIL... [more]

MILAN   Милан   m   Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Dutch
From the Slavic element mil meaning "gracious", originally a short form of names that began with that element... [more]

MILEN   Милен   m   Bulgarian
Variant of MILAN

MIROSLAV   Мирослав   m   Czech, Slovak, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "peace and glory", derived from the Slavic elements mir "peace" and slav "glory"... [more]

MLADEN   Младен   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Derived from south Slavic mlad meaning "young".

MOMCHIL   Момчил   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian момче (momche) "boy".

NAUM   Наум   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of NAHUM

NEDELCHO   Неделчо   m   Bulgarian
Masculine form of NEDELYA

NIKIFOR   Никифор   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Polish
Russian, Bulgarian and Polish form of NIKEPHOROS

NIKOLA (1)   Никола   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Basque, Old Slavic
Cognate of NICHOLAS

NIKOLAI   Николай   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of NICHOLAS... [more]

OGNIAN   Огнян   m   Bulgarian
Variant transcription of OGNYAN

OGNYAN   Огнян   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian огнен (ognen) "fiery".

PAVEL   Павел   m   Russian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene
Russian, Czech, Bulgarian and Slovene form of PAUL

PENKO   Пенко   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian diminutive of PETAR

PETAR   Петър   m   Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of PETER

PETIA   Петя   m & f   Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of PETYA

PETYA   Петя   m & f   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian masculine diminutive of PYOTR or Bulgarian feminine diminutive of PETAR.

PLAMEN   Пламен   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Slavic plam meaning "flame, fire".

RADKO   Радко   m   Bulgarian, Czech
Diminutive of Slavic names beginning with rad "care, joy".

RADOMIR   Радомир   m   Serbian, Russian, Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic elements rad "care, joy" and mer "great, famous"... [more]

RADOSLAV   Радослав   m   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Russian
Cognate of RADOSŁAW

RAYKO   Райко   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian variant of RADKO

RAYNO   Райно   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian variant of RADKO

SAMUIL   Самуил   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of SAMUEL

SAVA   Сава   m   Serbian, Bulgarian
Serbian and Bulgarian form of SABAS

SERGEI   Сергей   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of SERGEY

SERGEJ   Сергей   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Variant transcription of SERGEY

SERGEY   Сергей   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of SERGIUS

SIMEON   Симеон   m   Biblical, Bulgarian
From the Hebrew name Shim'on (see SIMON)... [more]

SPAS   Спас   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian спасен (spasen) meaning "saved".

STANIMIR   Станимир   m   Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements stan "stand" and mir "peace".

STANISLAV   Станислав   m   Czech, Slovak, Russian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic elements stan meaning "stand" combined with slav "glory".

STANKO   Станко   m   Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian
Diminutive of STANISLAV

STEFAN   Стефан   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Cognate of STEPHEN, and a Romanian variant of ȘTEFAN.

STOYAN   Стоян   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian стоя (stoya) "to stand, to stay".

TEODOR   Теодор   m   Scandinavian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
Cognate of THEODORE

TIMOTEI   Тимотей   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of TIMOTHY

TODOR   Тодор   m   Bulgarian, Serbian
Bulgarian and Serbian form of THEODORE

TOMA (2)   Тома   m   Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian
Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Romanian form of THOMAS

TSVETAN   Цветан   m   Bulgarian
Means "colour" or "flower" in Bulgarian.

VALENTIN   Валентин   m   Scandinavian, German, French, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Romanian
Cognate of Valentinus (see VALENTINE (1)).

VALKO   Вълко   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian вълк (valk) "wolf".

VASIL   Васил   m   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of BASIL (1)

VIKTOR   Виктор   m   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Cognate of VICTOR

VLADIMIR   Владимир   m   Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "to rule with greatness", derived from the Slavic element volod "rule" combined with mer "great, famous"... [more]

VLADISLAV   Владислав   m   Russian, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Means "to rule with glory", derived from the Slavic elements volod "rule" and slav "glory".

YAKOV   Яков   m   Hebrew, Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of JACOB (or JAMES), and a Hebrew variant transcription of YAAKOV.

YAN   Ян   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Ioannes (see JOHN).

YANKO   Янко   m   Bulgarian
Diminutive of YAN

YASEN   Ясен   m   Bulgarian
Means "ash tree" in Bulgarian.

YAVOR   Явор   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of JAVOR

YOAN   Йоан   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of JOHN

YORDAN   Йордан   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of JORDAN

YOSIF   Йосиф   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of JOSEPH

YULIAN   Юлиан   m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian and Bulgarian form of JULIAN

ZAHARI   Захари   m   Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of ZECHARIAH

ZDRAVKO   Здравко   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Derived from Slavic zdrav meaning "healthy".

ZHELYAZKO   Желязко   m   Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian желязо (zhelyazo) "iron".

ZHENYA   Женя   f & m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian diminutive of YEVGENIYA or YEVGENIY or a Bulgarian diminutive of EVGENIYA.

ZHIVKO   Живко   m   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from the Slavic element жив (zhiv) "living".