Bogdan

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Field	Value
name	Bogdan
gender	male
meaning	given by God
region	Eastern Europe
origin	Slavic
related names	Bohdan, Božidar, Bożydar
footnotes	http://www.behindthename.com/name/bogdan
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| name = Bogdan | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = male | meaning = given by God | region = Eastern Europe | origin = Slavic | related names = Bohdan, Božidar, Bożydar | footnotes = http://www.behindthename.com/name/bogdan Bogdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in the South Slavic languages and in Polish and Romanian. It is derived from the Slavic words Bog (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning 'god', and dan (Cyrillic: дан), meaning 'given'. The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theódoros (Theodore, Theodosius) or Hebrew Matthew with the same meaning. The name is also used as a surname in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. Bogdana is the feminine version of the name.

Variations

The sound change of 'g' into 'h' (into Bohdan) occurred in the West Slavic languages and in Ukrainian. Both Bogdan and Bohdan are used in Poland.

Slavic variants include Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian Božidar (Божидар) and Polish Bożydar, and diminutive forms and nicknames include Boguś, Bodya, Boca, Boci, Boća, Boša, Bogi, Bo, Boga Boga, Boggie. The feminine form is Bogdana, with variants such as Bogdanka.

Names with similar meanings include Persian Khodadad, Greek Theodore, Arabic Ataullah, Hebrew Nathaniel, Jonathan, and Matthew, Latin Deodatus, French Dieudonné, and Sanskrit Devadatta.

Name days

Bulgarian: 6 January
Croatian: 12 May
Hungarian: 2 September
Moldovan: 19 October
Polish: 19 March, 17 July, 10 August or 9 October
Orthodox Christianity: 4 March

Given name

Medieval

Bogdan I of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1359–1365), and the House of Bogdan-Mușat (Bogdania was an early name for the principality of Moldavia, named after Bogdan I)
Bogdan Kirizmić (), Serbian financial manager in the service of Vukašin Mrnjavčević ()
Bogdan (), kaznac in the service of Emperor Uroš V
Bogdan (), Serbian state financial manager under Despot Stefan Lazarević, merchant from Prizren and donator to Kalenić monastery
Bogdan II of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1449–1451)
Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1504–1517)

Sports

Bogdan Aldea, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Andone, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Apostu, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Bălan, Romanian rugby union player
Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball), Serbian basketball player
Bogdan Bucurică, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Buhuș, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Cistean, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Ciufulescu, Romanian wrestler
Bogdan Cotolan, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Daras, Polish wrestler
Mihai Bogdan Dobrescu, Romanian boxer
Bogdan Juratoni, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Lalić, Croatian chess grandmaster
Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Macovei (handball coach), Romanian handball coach
Bogdan Macovei (luger), Romanian-Moldovan luger
Bogdan Pătrașcu, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Planić, Serbian footballer
Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Stoica, Romanian kickboxer
Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin basketball coach

Other

Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian banker
Bogdan Baranowski, Polish chemist
Bogdan Bogdanović (architect), Serbian architect
Bogdan Borusewicz, Polish politician
Bogdan Burtea, Romanian scholar
Bogdan Curta, Romanian folk singer
Bogdan Diklić, Serbian actor
Bogdan Filov, Bulgarian archaeologist and politician
Bogdan Gavrilović, Serbian mathematician
Baka Prase, born Bogdan Ilić, Serbian YouTuber, rapper, gamer and entertainer
Bogdan Istru, Moldovan poet
Leopold Mandić, born Bogdan Mandić, Croat Roman Catholic priest
Bogdan Maglich, American physicist
Bogdan Musiał, Polish-German historian
Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz, Romanian politician
Bogdan Olteanu, Romanian politician
Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian historian, philologist and politician
Bogdan Raczynski, Polish electronic musician
Bogdan Tirnanić, Serbian journalist and essayists
Bogdan Zimonjić, Serbian priest and military commander

Surname

The surname Bogdan is one of the most common surnames in the Sisak-Moslavina County of Croatia. Notable people with the surname include:

Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian goalkeeper
Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player
Constantin Bogdan, Moldovan footballer
Christopher Bogdan, United States Air Force general
Denis Bogdan, Russian volleyball player
George Bogdan, Romanian physician
Goran Bogdan, Croatian actor
Henry Bogdan, American bassist and musician
Jakub Bogdan, Slovak painter
Małgorzata Bogdan, Polish statistician
Radu Bogdan, American philosopher
Rareș Bogdan, Romanian politician
Srećko Bogdan, Croatian footballer
Zvonko Bogdan, Serbian composer and singer

References

Unbegaun, B.O.. (September 2021). "Russian surnames". Clarendon Press.
Skok, Petar. (September 2021). "Etimologijski rjecnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika". [[Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
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