Bogdan
Sign in to saveBogdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in the South Slavic languages and in Polish and Romanian. It is derived from the Slavic words Bog (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning 'god', and dan (Cyrillic: дан), meaning 'given'. The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theódoros (Theodore, Theodosius) 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.
Key facts
- Given name.name
- Bogdan
- Given name.gender
- male
- Given name.meaning
- given by God
- Given name.region
- Eastern Europe
- Given name.origin
- Slavic
- Given name.related names
- Bohdan, Božidar, Bożydar
- Given name.footnotes
- http://www.behindthename.com/name/bogdan
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- native label
- Bogdan
- Soundex
- B235
- Cologne phonetics
- 1426
- Caverphone
- PKTN11
- Commons category
- Bogdan (given name)
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Bogdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in the South Slavic languages and in Polish and Romanian. It is derived from the Slavic words Bog (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning 'god', and dan (Cyrillic: дан), meaning 'given'. The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theódoros (Theodore, Theodosius) 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' (into Bohdan) occurred in the West Slavic languages and in Ukrainian. Both Bogdan and Bohdan are used in Poland.