AleksiyАлексийmBulgarian, Russian Bulgarian and Russian form of Alexios (see Alexius). At least in Russia, the difference between this form and the more common Aleksey is possibly that Aleksiy comes directly from Alexios, while Aleksey comes directly from Alexis... [more]
AlusianАлусианmBulgarian Tsar of Bulgaria for short time in 1041. One night, during dinner, Alusian took advantage of Peter II's inebriation, and cut off his nose and blinded him with a kitchen knife in 1041... [more]
AnkoАнкоmBulgarian Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a masculine form of Anka and a regional vernacular variant of Hanko (Ханко) as in some Bulgarian varieties the letter Х is not pronounced at the beginning of the word.
AnyoАньоmBulgarian Possibly a diminutive of Angel and/or Ayan. A known bearer of this name was the Bulgarian soccer player Ayan "Anyo" Sadakov (1961-2017).
AsanАсанmKazakh, Crimean Tatar, Georgian (Rare), Bulgarian Kazakh, Crimean Tatar and Georgian form of Hasan. A known Georgian bearer was prince Asan-Mirza of Kakheti (died in 1750), the third son of king Davit II of Kakheti.... [more]
AsparuhАспарухmBulgarian, Bulgar, History Variant of Asparukh. Asparuh was а ruler of the Bulgars in the second half of the 7th century and is credited with the establishment of the First Bulgarian Empire in 680/681.
BeloslavaБелославаfBulgarian Feminine form of Beloslav. Beloslava of Bulgaria was a Bulgarian princess and Queen consort of Serbia between 1234 and 1243. She was the wife of king Stefan Vladislav I.
BorilБорилmBulgarian Boril of Bulgaria was the emperor of Bulgaria from 1207 to 1218.
BorimirБоримирmBulgarian, Croatian, Serbian Derived from Slavic bor "battle" combined with Slavic mir "peace". A known bearer of this name is Borimir Perković (b. 1967), a former Croatian soccer player.
ChudomirЧудомирmMedieval Slavic, Bulgarian Medieval Slavic and modern Bulgarian form of Čudomir. Also compare Chedomir. Bearers of this name include Bulgarian football player Chudomir Grigorov (b... [more]
DaromirДаромирmBulgarian, Croatian, Polish The first element of this name is derived from Slavic dar "gift, present", which in turn is derived from Proto-Slavic darъ "gift, present". Compare modern Polish darować "to donate, to gift" and Czech darovat "to donate, to give", as well as Proto-Slavic dati "to give"... [more]
DelyanДелянmHistory, Bulgarian Means "business, work" from Old Church Slavonic дѣлати (dělati) "to work, to do". A famous bearer was Peter II (Delyan), a Tsar of Bulgaria.
DenislavДениславmBulgarian The first element of this name is derived from Bulgarian den "day", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic dьnь "day". The second element is derived from Slavic slav "glory"... [more]
DolyafBulgarian, Slavic Mythology Goddess of fate in East Slavic Mythology, personification of the fate bestowed upon a man at birth. She is described as a plainly dressed woman able to turn herself into various shapes. When she is positive she is named Dolya, when negative she turns into Nedolya.
GradimirГрадимирmBulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian The first element of this name can be derived from Serbo-Croatian grȃd, which can mean "city, town" as well as "fortress, castle" (which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic gordъ "settlement, enclosed space")... [more]