Bogdan

Gender Masculine
Usage Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian
Scripts Богдан(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian)
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 bogŭ "god" and danŭ "given". This pre-Christian name was later used as a translation of Theodotus.

Related Names

VariantBohdan(Polish)
DiminutivesBoban(Serbian) Boban(Macedonian)
Feminine FormsBogdana, Bogna(Polish) Bogdana(Slovene) Bogdana, Dana(Bulgarian) Bogdana(Serbian) Bogdana(Romanian)
Other Languages & CulturesBahdan(Belarusian) Bohdan(Czech) Bogodanŭ(Old Slavic) Bohdan(Slovak) Bohdan(Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantsBogdanov, Bogdanova(Bulgarian) Bogdanić, Bogdanović(Croatian) Bogdanov, Bogdanova(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

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Entry updated April 23, 2024