Name Element DAN

Type Element
Usage Medieval Slavic
Scripts данъ(Church Slavic)

Meaning & History

Slavic element meaning "given", a participle of dati "to give" [1].

Related Items

Given Name DescendantsBahdan(Belarusian) Bogdan, Bogdana(Bulgarian) Bogdan, Damir, Damira(Croatian) Bohdan, Bohdana(Czech) Bogdan(Macedonian) Bogdan, Bogdana, Bogna, Bohdan(Polish) Bogdan, Bogdana(Romanian) Bogdan(Russian) Bogdan, Bogdana, Damir(Serbian) Bohdan, Bohdana(Slovak) Bogdan, Bogdana, Damir(Slovene) Bohdan, Bohdana(Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantsBogdanov(Bulgarian) Bogdanić, Bogdanović(Croatian) Bogdanov(Russian) Bogdanović(Serbian)

Sources & References

  1. Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill, 2008, page 96.
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