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 January
Croatian: 12 May
Czech: 9 November
Hungarian: 2 September
Polish: 19 March, 17 July, 10 August or 9 October
Slovak: 21 December
Medieval
Bogdan 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 poetry
Bogdan 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 V
Bogdan (fl. 1407–1413), Serbian state financial manager under Despot Stefan Lazarević, merchant from Prizren and donator to Kalenić monastery
Bogdan (fl. 1407), Serbian logothete in the service of Despot Stefan
Bogdan, 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 Nikopol
Bogdan III the One-Eyed, Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1504–1517)
Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Hetman of Ukraine (r. 1648–1657)
Modern
Bogdan Aldea, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Andone, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Apostu, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian banker
Bogdan Bălan, Romanian rugby union player
Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian architect
Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
Bogdan Borusewicz, Polish politician
Bogdan Bucurică, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Buhuș, Romanian footballer
Bohdan Bułakowski, Polish race walker
Bogdan Cistean, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Ciufulescu, Romanian wrestler
Bogdan Cotolan, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Curta, Romanian folk singer
Bogdan Dobrescu, Romanian boxer
Bogdan Diklić, Serbian actor
Bogdan Dreher, Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience - Sydney University
Bogdan Filov, Bulgarian archaeologist and politician
Bogdan Gavrilović, Serbian mathematician
Bogdan Hrechka, Ukrainian-Irish photographer
Bogdan Juratoni, Romanian footballer
Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian hetman
Bogdan Lalić, Croatian chess Grandmaster
Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer
Bogdan Lobonţ, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Mandić, Croat Roman Catholic
Bogdan Maglich, American physicist
Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz, Romanian politician
Bogdan Olteanu, Romanian politician
Bogdan Pătrașcu, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian historian, philologist and politician
Bohdan Pomahač, Czech plastic surgeon
Bogdan Raczynski, Polish electronic musician
Bogdan Stelea, Romanian footballer
Bogdan Stoica, Romanian kickboxer
Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin basketball coach
Bogdan Tirnanić, Serbian journalist and essayists
Bohdan Sláma, Czech director
Bohdan Stupka, Ukrainian actor
Bohdan Ulihrach, Czech tennis player
Bohdan Warchal, Slovak violinist and dirigent
Bogdan Crisosto, Chilean employee of Alcantarillados Lincoyan
Bogdan Bogdan, CS:GO Legend
Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian goalkeeper
Alexandru Bogdan-Piteşti, Romanian activist, art collector and painter
Angela Bogdan, Canadian diplomat
George Bogdan, Romanian physician
Jakub Bogdan, Slovak painter
Srećko Bogdan, Croatian footballer
Zvonko Bogdan, Serbian composer and singer
Bogdan group, Ukrainian automotive industry
Bogdan Kebas, Ukrainian Entrepreneur
Bogdanci, town in Republic of Macedonia
Bogdanje, village near Trstenik, Raška district, Serbia
Bogdanovci, village and municipality in the Vukovar-Srijem County, Croatia
Bohdan, village in Ukraine, Transcarpathion
Bohdanivka (Богданівка), 46 villages in Ukraine
Богдан, village in the Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
Богдан, village in the Dobrich Province, Bulgaria
Голям Богдан, highest peak in Sredna Gora, Bulgaria
