Bogdan
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| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Meaning | given by God |
| Region of origin | Eastern Europe |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Bohdan, Božidar, Bożydar |
| 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.[1] The name is also used as a surname in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. Bogdana is the feminine version of the name.
Variations
[edit | edit source]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)[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, 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Medieval
[edit | edit source]- 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 (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 II of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1449–1451)
- Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1504–1517)
Sports
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]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
- 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
See also
[edit | edit source]- All pages with titles containing Bogdan
- Bogdanski
- Bogdani, surname meaning son of Bogdan
- Bogdanov, surname meaning son of Bogdan
- Bogdanovich (Bogdanović), surname meaning son of Bogdan
- Bogusław (given name)
- Bogdan Corporation, a Ukrainian vehicle manufacturer
- Slavic names
References
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