Božidar (Bulgarian, Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар, Polish: Bożydar, sometimes transliterated as Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic given name meaning "Divine gift". It is a calque of the Greek name Theodore, itself derived from the Greek word "Theodoros". Božo is a nickname form of Božidar. People with the name include:
Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav left-wing politician and journalistBozidar Antic (born 1944), Bosnian Serb strikerBožidar Antunović (born 1991), Serbian shot putterBožidar Bandović (born 1969), Serbian football manager and former playerBožidar Beravs (born 1948), Slovenian ice hockey playerBozidar Bratina (1942–1997), Italian sociologist, film theorist and politician of Slovene ethnicityBozidar Brazda (born 1972), artist, writer, and musicianBožidar Čačić (born 1972), Croatian retired football defenderBožidar Ćosić (born 1982), Serbian professional footballerBožidar Debenjak (born 1935), Slovenian Marxist philosopher, social theorist and translatorBožidar Delić (born 1956), retired Yugosalv Army general, current vice president of SerbiaBožidar Đelić (born 1965), Serbian economist and politicianBožidar Dimitrovski, (born 1987), Macedonian footballerBožidar Drenovac, (1922–2003), Serbian football player and managerBožidar Đurašković (born 1924), former middle distance runnerBožidar Đurković, (born 1972), retired Serbian football playerBožidar Ferjančić (1929–1998), Serbian historianBožidar Finka (1925–1999), Croatian linguist and lexicographerBozidar Grujovic, pseudonym of or Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), Serbian writer, jurist and educatorBozidar Iskrenov (born 1962), former Bulgarian footballerBožidar Ivanović (born 1946), chess Grandmaster, politician and chess officialBožidar Jakac (1899–1989), Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painterBožidar Janković (1849–1920), the Commander of the Serbian Third ArmyBožidar Jelovac (born 1987), Serbian football forwardBožidar Jović (born 1972), retired Croatian handball playerBožidar Kalmeta (born 1958), Croatian politicianBožidar Kantušer (1921–1999), Slovene composerPrince Božidar Karađorđević (1862–1908), Serbian artist and writer on artBožidar Kavran (born 1913), member of the Croatian World War II Ustaše regimeBožidar Leiner (1919–1942), Croatian communist and PartisanBožidar Maljković (born 1952), Serbian professional basketball coachBožidar Matić (born 1937), president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBozidar Milosevic (born 1931), Serbian clarinetistBožidar Novak (born 1965), Slovenian writer and international crisis communications expertBožidar Petranović (1809–1874), Serbian author, scholar, journalist, historian of Serbian literatureBožidar Purić (1891–1977), Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomatBožidar Radošević (born 1989), Croatian footballerBožidar Rašica (1912–1992), architect, scenographer and painterBožidar Sandić (1922–2008), Serbian football playerBožidar Senčar (born 1927), Croatian football midfielderBožidar Širola (1889–1956), Croatian composer and musicologistBožidar Špišić (1879–1957), Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of ZagrebBožidar Tadić (born 1983), Serbian footballerBožidar Urošević (born 1975), Serbian professional football playerBožidar Vuković (1466–1540), one of the first printers of Serb books