Božidar
Božidar is a Slavic masculine given name.
It means "divine gift", derived from the Slavic elements božĭjĭ and darŭ. The name is a calque of the Greek name Theodoros. Direct cognates of the latter and of Božidar in the Slavic languages include: Teodor, Todor, Tudor, Todo. The feminine form of the name is Božidarka.
Notable people with the name Božidar include:
- Božidar "Boki" Milošević, Serbian clarinetist
- Božidar "Boško" Antić, Bosnian Serb footballer
- Bozidar Brazda, Canadian artist, writer, and musician
- Bozidar Cuk, Montenegrin volleyball player
- Bozidar Iskrenov, Bulgarian footballer
- Božidar Adžija, Yugoslav left-wing politician and journalist
- Božidar Alić, Croatian actor
- Božidar Antunović, Serbian shot putter
- Božidar Bandović, Serbian football player and manager
- Božidar Belojević, Yugoslav footballer
- Božidar Beravs, Slovenian ice hockey player
- Božidar Bojović, Montenegrin chief physician and politician
- Božidar Ćosić, Serbian footballer
- Božidar Ćosović, Yugoslav gendarmerie officer
- Božidar Čačić, Croatian footballer
- Božidar Debenjak, Slovenian Marxist philosopher, social theorist and translator
- Božidar Delić, Yugoslav Army general, former vice president of Serbia
- Božidar Đelić, Serbian economist and politician
- Božidar Ðorđević, Yugoslav rower
- Božidar Drenovac,, Serbian football player and manager
- Božidar Đurašević, Serbian chess player
- Božidar Đurašković, Yugoslav middle distance runner
- Božidar Đurković,, Serbian footballer
- Božidar Ferjančić, Serbian historian
- Božidar Finka, Croatian linguist and lexicographer
- Božidar Goraždanin, founder of the Goražde printing house
- Božidar Grujović, pseudonym of Teodor Filipović, Serbian writer, jurist and educator
- Božidar Ivanović, Montenegrin Yugoslav chess grandmaster and politician
- Božidar Jakac, Slovene painter
- Božidar Janković,, Bosnian footballer
- Božidar Janković, Serbian army general and commander
- Božidar Jelovac, Serbian footballer
- Božidar Jović, Croatian handball player
- Božidar Kalmeta, Croatian politician
- Božidar Kantušer, Slovene composer
- Božidar Karađorđević, Serbian artist and writer on art
- Božidar Kavran, Croatian Ustaše war criminal
- Božidar Kljajević is a Serbian historian, geographer and ethnologist
- Božidar Knežević, Serbian philosopher
- Božidar Kolaković, Serbian footballer
- Božidar Kunc, Croatian composer and pianist
- Božidar Leiner, Croatian communist and Partisan
- Božidar Leković, Montenegrin handball player
- Božidar Liščić, Croatian engineer
- Božidar Magovac, Croatian journalist and politician
- Božidar Maksimović, Serbian lawyer and politician
- Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball coach
- Božidar Matić, Bosnian politician and academic
- Božidar Milenković, Serbian footballer
- Božidar Milojković, Serbian cartoonist and comic book artist
- Božidar Munćan, Serbian basketball player
- Božidar Nikolić, Serbian film director and screenwriter
- Božidar Orešković, Croatian actor
- Božidar Pavićević, Serbian actor
- Božidar Pešić, Serbian basketball player
- Božidar Peter, former Croatian handball player
- Božidar Petranović, Serbian author, scholar, journalist, historian of Serbian literature
- Božidar Prokić, Serbian historian
- Božidar Puretić, Croatian physician
- Božidar Purić, Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat
- Božidar Radošević, Croatian footballer
- Božidar Rašica, Yugoslav architect, scenographer and painter
- Božidar Sandić, Serbian footballer
- Božidar Senčar, Croatian footballer
- Božidar Širola, Croatian composer and musicologist
- Božidar Smiljanić, Croatian actor
- Božidar Špišić, Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb
- Božidar Stanišić, Montenegrin water polo player
- Božidar Tadić, Serbian footballer
- Božidar Urošević, Serbian footballer
- Božidar Vidoeski, Macedonian linguist
- Božidar Vučićević, Serbian volleyball player
- Božidar Vuković, one of the first printers of Serbian books
- Božidar Zečević, Serbian film historian