Bojan

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Pronunciation [ˈbojan] Language(s) Slavic Related names Boyan		Gender male Word/name boj "battle"
Derivation boj- (root) + an (suffix)

Bojan (Slovenian, Serbian Latin and Croatian: Bojan; Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Бојан; Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Боян, transcribed Boyan) is a Slavic given name, derived from the Slavic noun boj "battle." The ending -an is a suffix frequently found in anthroponyms of Slavic origin. The name is recorded in historical sources among the Slovenes, Serbs, Bulgarians, Czechs, Poles, Croats, Slovenians, Macedonians and Russians. In Slovenia, it is the 18th most popular name for males, as of 2010.

People named Bojan:

Boyan-Enravota, the first Bulgarian Christian martyr and the earliest Bulgarian saint

Bojan Bogdanović, a Croatian basketball player

Bojan Djordjic, a Swedish footballer of Serbian descent

Bojan Jokić, a Slovenian football player

Bojan Jorgačević, a Serbian football player

Bojan Jovanovski - Macedonian TV personality

Bojan Križaj, a Slovenian alpine skier

Bojan Krkić, a Spanish footballer of Serbian-Spanish descent

Bojan Marović, a Montenegrin singer

Bojan Neziri, a Serbian football player of Albanian descent

Bojan Šarčević, a Bosnian-French visual artist

Bojan Zdešar, a Slovenian freestyle swimmer

Bojan Zulfikarpašić, French-Serbian jazz pianist

References

Bojan Wikipedia

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