Bogdan

Bogdan

Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	given by God
Region of origin	Central and Eastern Europe
Other names
Related names	Theodore

Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name meaning "given by God". Other names with similar meaning include Greek Theodore, Hebrew Nathanael and Jonathan, Latin Deodatus and French Dieudonné. Bogdan or Bohdan may also refer to:

Given name

Rulers of Moldavia

• Bogdan I of Moldavia (1359–1365)
  • Bogdania was an early name for the principality of Moldavia (named after Bogdan I).
• Bogdan II of Moldavia (1449–1451)
• Bogdan III cel Orb (1504–1517)
• Bogdan IV of Moldavia (1568–1572)

Other persons

• Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian architect
• Bogdan Borusewicz, Polish politician
• Bogdan Bułakowski, Polish race walker
• Bogdan Dobrescu, Romanian boxer
• Bogdan Diklić, Serbian actor
• Bogdan Filov, Bulgarian archeologist and politician
• Bogdan Gavrilović, Serbian mathematician
• Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian hetman
• Bogdan Lalić, Croatian chessmaster
• Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer
• Bogdan Lobonţ, Romanian footballer
• Bogdan Maglich, American physicist
• Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz, Romanian politician
• Bogdan Olteanu, Romanian politician
• Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian historian, philologist and politician
• Bogdan Raczynski, Polish electronic musician
• Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer
• Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin basketball coach
• Bogdan Tirnanić, Serbian journalist and essayists
• Bohdan Sláma, Czech director
• Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech tennis player
• Bohdan Warchal, Slovak violinst and dirigent

Surname

• Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti, Romanian activist, art collector and painter
• Angela Bogdan, Canadian diplomat
• Jakub Bogdan, Slovak painter
• Srećko Bogdan, Croatian footballer
• Zvonko Bogdan, Serbian composer and singer

Other

• Bogdan group, Ukrainian automobile manufacturer
• Bogdan (bus), brand of buses made by the Bogdan group
• Bohdan, Podlaskie Voivodeship, a village in north-east Poland
• Bogdanci, town in Republic of Macedonia
• Bogdanje, village in the Raška county, near Trstenik, Serbia
• Bogdanovci, municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem county in Croatia

See also

• Bogdani, surname meaning son of Bogdan
• Bogdanov, surname meaning son of Bogdan
• Bogdanić, surname meaning son of Bogdan
• Bogdanovich (Bogdanović), surname meaning son of Bogdan