Bogdan

Gender Masculine
Usage Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian
Scripts Богдан(Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian)
Pronounced Pron. BAWG-dan(Polish) bug-DAN(Russian) BOG-dan(Serbian, Croatian) bog-DAN(Romanian)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bogŭ "god" and danŭ "given". This pre-Christian name was later used as a translation of Theodotus.

Related Names

VariantBohdan(Polish)
DiminutivesBoban(Serbian) Boban(Macedonian)
Feminine FormsBogdana, Bogna(Polish) Bogdana(Slovene) Bogdana, Dana(Bulgarian) Bogdana(Serbian) Bogdana(Romanian)
Other Languages & CulturesBahdan(Belarusian) Bohdan(Czech) Bogodanŭ(Old Slavic) Bohdan(Slovak) Bohdan(Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantsBogdanov, Bogdanova(Bulgarian) Bogdanić, Bogdanović(Croatian) Bogdanov, Bogdanova(Russian) Bogdanović(Serbian)
User SubmissionBogdán

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   natural   wholesome   strong   strange   serious  

Name Days

Bulgaria: January 6
Croatia: November 8
Poland: March 19
Poland: July 17
Poland: August 10
Poland: October 9

Categories

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Entry updated April 23, 2024