Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that also appears in Romania and Moldova. It is derived from the Slavic words Bog/Boh (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "god", and dan (Cyrillic: дан), meaning "gift". The name appears to be an early calque from Byzantine Theodotus (Theodosius) with the same meaning. The name is also used as a surname.
The sound change of 'g' into 'h' occurred in the Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech and Slovak languages (hence Bohdan). Although this sound change did not occur in the Polish language, either Bogdan or Bohdan may be used in Poland.
Slavic variants include Serbo-Croatian Božidar (Божидар) and Polish Bożydar, while diminutive forms and nicknames include Boguś, Bodya, Boca, Boci, Boća, Boša, Bogi. The feminine form is Bogdana or Bohdana, with variants such as Bogdanka.
Names with similar meanings are Greek Theodore, Kurdish Bokan, Persian Khudadad, Arabic Ataullah, Hebrew Nathaniel, Jonathan, Matthew and Zane, Latin Deodatus, Spanish Diosdado and French Dieudonné.
Bulgarian: 6 JanuaryCroatian: 12 MayCzech: 9 NovemberHungarian: 2 SeptemberPolish: 19 March, 17 July, 10 August or 9 OctoberSlovak: 21 DecemberMedievalBogdan of Hum (died 1252), Serbian Prince of Hum (fl. –1249)Bogdan II of Hum, Serbian Prince of Hum (fl. 1312)Vratko Nemanjić, known as Jug Bogdan (fl. 1331–1355), Serbian military commander and hero character in Serb epic poetryBogdan I of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1359–1365), and the House of Bogdan-Muşat (Bogdania was an early name for the principality of Moldavia, named after Bogdan I)Bogdan Kirizmić (fl. 1361–1371), Serbian financial manager in the service of Vukašin Mrnjavčević (fl. 1371)Bogdan (fl. 1363), kaznac in the service of Emperor Uroš VBogdan (fl. 1407–1413), Serbian state financial manager under Despot Stefan Lazarević, merchant from Prizren and donator to Kalenić monasteryBogdan (fl. 1407), Serbian logothete in the service of Despot StefanBogdan, Serbian chancellor in the service of Despot Đurađ Branković (r. 1427–1456)Bogdan II of Moldavia, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1449–1451)Bogdan (fl. 1469), Bulgarian nobleman from NikopolBogdan III the One-Eyed, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1504–1517)Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Ukraine (r. 1648–1657)ModernBogdan Aldea, Romanian footballerBogdan Andone, Romanian footballerBogdan Apostu, Romanian footballerBogdan Baltazar, Romanian bankerBogdan Bălan, Romanian rugby union playerBogdan Bogdanović, Serbian architectBogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball playerBogdan Borusewicz, Polish politicianBogdan Bucurică, Romanian footballerBogdan Buhuș, Romanian footballerBohdan Bułakowski, Polish race walkerBogdan Cistean, Romanian footballerBogdan Ciufulescu, Romanian wrestlerBogdan Cotolan, Romanian footballerBogdan Curta, Romanian folk singerBogdan Dobrescu, Romanian boxerBogdan Diklić, Serbian actorBogdan Dreher, Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience - Sydney UniversityBogdan Filov, Bulgarian archaeologist and politicianBogdan Gavrilović, Serbian mathematicianBogdan Hrechka, Ukrainian-Irish photographerBogdan Juratoni, Romanian footballerBohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian hetmanBogdan Lalić, Croatian chess GrandmasterBohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writerBogdan Lobonţ, Romanian footballerBogdan Mandić, Croat Roman CatholicBogdan Maglich, American physicistBogdan Niculescu-Duvăz, Romanian politicianBogdan Olteanu, Romanian politicianBogdan Pătrașcu, Romanian footballerBogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian historian, philologist and politicianBohdan Pomahač, Czech plastic surgeonBogdan Raczynski, Polish electronic musicianBogdan Stelea, Romanian footballerBogdan Stoica, Romanian kickboxerBogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin basketball coachBogdan Tirnanić, Serbian journalist and essayistsBohdan Sláma, Czech directorBohdan Stupka, Ukrainian actorBohdan Ulihrach, Czech tennis playerBohdan Warchal, Slovak violinist and dirigentBogdan Crisosto, Chilean employee of Alcantarillados LincoyanBogdan Bogdan, CS:GO LegendÁdám Bogdán, Hungarian goalkeeperAlexandru Bogdan-Piteşti, Romanian activist, art collector and painterAngela Bogdan, Canadian diplomatGeorge Bogdan, Romanian physicianJakub Bogdan, Slovak painterSrećko Bogdan, Croatian footballerZvonko Bogdan, Serbian composer and singerBogdan group, Ukrainian automotive industryBogdan Kebas, Ukrainian EntrepreneurBogdanci, town in Republic of MacedoniaBogdanje, village near Trstenik, Raška district, SerbiaBogdanovci, village and municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem County, CroatiaBohdan, village in Ukraine, TranscarpathionBohdanivka (Богданівка), 46 villages in UkraineБогдан, village in the Plovdiv Province, BulgariaБогдан, village in the Dobrich Province, BulgariaГолям Богдан, highest peak in Sredna Gora, Bulgaria