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Bodhana
under 'Yiddish submitted names' Bodhana is incorrectly described as coming from Bod (Slavic) and Hana. It actually comes from Bog (God, in Slavonic) and the 'g' changes to an 'h', rendering boh. and Dan means 'given' - so the name means 'God-given'.
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Hm... your etymology would explain Bohdana but not Bodhana with the Reverse Order of h and d
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