Bogomil (name)

Bogomil / Bogumił / Bohumil
Gender	male
Origin
Word/Name	Slavic
Meaning	Dear to God
Other names
Variant form(s)	Bogomila (f), Bogumiła (f), Bohumila (f)
Related names	Bogusław, Bogdan
"Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Bogumił". Behind the Name. http://www.behindthename.com/name/bogumil16.

Bogomil (Cyrillic: Богомил, also Bogumił in Polish, Bohumil in Czech and Slovak - is a given name of Slavic origin. It is composed of the Slavic words 'bog' (god, rich, fate) and 'mil' (dear) and literally may mean e.g. 'Dear to God'. Its feminine equivalent are: Bogomila, Bogumiła, Bohumila. The name may refer to:

People

• Bogomil (priest), medieval Bulgarian monk, founder of the Gnostic sect known as Bogomilism
• Bogomil Avramov, a Bulgarian writer
• Bogumil Dawison, a German actor
• Bogomil Dyakov, a Bulgarian footballer
• Bogomil Gjuzel, a Macedonian writer
• Bogumil Goltz, a German humorist and satirist
• Bogumił Grott, a Polish historian, lecturer and professor at the Institute of Religious Studies of Jagiellonian University in Kraków
• Bohumil Hrabal, a Czech writer
• Bogumił Kobiela, a Polish film actor
• Bogumiła Lisocka-Jaegermann, a Polish social scientist and writer, specialising in the fields of history and development of the Third World and developing countries
• Bogumil Vošnjak, Slovenian liberal politician

Fictional characters

• Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop

External links

• Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Bogumił