Bogdan


Bogdan is a Slavic masculine name that appears in the Slavic languages">Slavic languages">Slavic languages and in Polish and Romanian. It is derived from the Slavic words Bog, meaning 'god', and dan, meaning 'given'. The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theódoros or Hebrew Matthew with the same meaning. The name is also used as a surname in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. Bogdana is the feminine version of the name.

Variations

The sound change of 'g' into 'h' 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 and Polish Bożydar, and diminutive forms and nicknames include Boguś, Bodya, Boca, Boci, Boća, Boša, Bogi, Bo, Boga Boga, Boggie. 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.

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Surname

The surname Bogdan is one of the most common surnames in the Sisak-Moslavina County of Croatia. Notable people with the surname include: