Bogdan

Bogdan
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	given by God
Region of origin	Eastern Europe
Other names
Related names	Božidar, Bożydar
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Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in all Slavic countries as well as Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words Bog/Boh (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and dan (Cyrillic: дан), meaning "given". The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theodore (Theodotus, Theodosius) or Hebrew Matthew with the same meaning.^[1] The name is also used as a surname in Hungary. Bogdana is the feminine version of the name.

Variations

The sound change of 'g' into 'h' occurred in the Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech and Slovak languages (hence Bohdan). Although the sound change did not occur in Polish, either Bogdan or Bohdan may be used in Poland.

Slavic variants include Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian Božidar (Божидар)^[2] and Polish Bożydar, and diminutive forms and nicknames include Boguś, Bodya, Boca, Boci, Boća, Boša, Bogi, Bo, Boga Boga, Boggie.^{[citation needed]} The feminine form is Bogdana or Bohdana, 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
Czech: 9 November
Hungarian: 2 September
Moldovian: 19 October
Polish: 19 March, 17 July, 10 August or 9 October
Slovak: 21 December
Orthodox Christianity: 4 March

Given name

Medieval

Bogdan of Hum (died 1252), Serbian Prince of Hum (fl. until 1249)
Bogdan II of Hum, Serbian Prince of Hum (fl. 1312)
Bogdan (magnate), a Macedonian magnate confused with Vratko Nemanjić as a hero of Serbian epic poetry.
Bogdan I of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1359–1365), and the House of Bogdan-Muşat (Bogdania was an early name for the principality of Moldavia, named after Bogdan I)
Bogdan Kirizmić (fl. 1361–1371), Serbian financial manager in the service of Vukašin Mrnjavčević (fl. 1371)
Bogdan (fl. 1363), kaznac in the service of Emperor Uroš V
Bogdan (fl. 1407–1413), Serbian state financial manager under Despot Stefan Lazarević, merchant from Prizren and donator to Kalenić monastery
Bogdan (fl. 1407), Serbian logothete in the service of Despot Stefan
Bogdan, Serbian chancellor in the service of Despot Đurađ Branković (r. 1427–1456)
Bogdan II of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1449–1451)
Bogdan (fl. 1469), Bulgarian nobleman from Nikopol
Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1504–1517)
Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Ukraine (r. 1648–1657)

Modern

Bogdan Aldea, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Andone, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Apostu, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian banker
Bogdan Bălan, Romanian rugby union player
Bogdan Baranowski, Polish chemist
Bogdan Bogdanović (architect), Serbian architect
Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball), Serbian basketball player
Bogdan Borusewicz, Polish politician
Bogdan Bucurică, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Buhuș, Romanian footballer
Bohdan Bułakowski, Polish race walker
Bogdan Burtea, Romanian scholar
Bogdan Cistean, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Ciufulescu, Romanian wrestler
Bogdan Ciupek, 2022 missile explosion in Poland victim
Bogdan Cotolan, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Curta, Romanian folk singer
Mihai Bogdan Dobrescu, Romanian boxer
Bogdan Diklić, Serbian actor
Bogdan Filov, Bulgarian archaeologist and politician
Bogdan Gavrilović, Serbian mathematician
Bogdan Juratoni, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Lalić, Croatian chess Grandmaster
Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer
Bogdan Lobonţ, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Mandić, Croat Roman Catholic priest
Bogdan Maglich, American physicist
Bogdan Musiał, Polish-German historian
Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz, Romanian politician
Bogdan Olteanu, Romanian politician
Bohdan Paczyński, Polish astronomer
Bogdan Pătrașcu, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian historian, philologist and politician
Bogdan Planić, Serbian footballer
Bohdan Pomahač, Czech plastic surgeon
Bogdan Raczynski, Polish electronic musician
Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Stoica, Romanian kickboxer
Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin basketball coach
Bogdan Tirnanić, Serbian journalist and essayists
Bogdan Ilić, Serbian YouTuber, rapper, gamer and entertainer
Bohdan Tůma, Czech actor and voice actor
Bohdan Sláma, Czech director
Bohdan Stupka, Ukrainian actor
Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech tennis player
Bohdan Warchal, Slovak violinist and dirigent
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.^[3]

Notable people with the surname include:

Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian goalkeeper
Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player
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. (1972). Russian surnames. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198156359.^{[page needed]}
^ Skok, Petar (1971). Etimologijski rjecnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika Етимологијски рјечник хрватскога или српскога језика. Zagreb: Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts.^{[page needed]}
^ "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

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[1] Unbegaun, B.O. (1972). Russian surnames. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198156359.^{[page needed]}

[2] Skok, Petar (1971). Etimologijski rjecnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika Етимологијски рјечник хрватскога или српскога језика. Zagreb: Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts.^{[page needed]}

[3] "Most frequent surnames, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.

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