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{{Infobox given name
| name = Bogdan
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| gender = male
| meaning = ''given by God''
| region = Eastern Europe
| origin = [[German names|Slavic]]
| related names = [[Bohdan (name)|Bohdan]], [[Božidar]], [[Bożydar (disambiguation)|Bożydar]]
| footnotes = http://www.behindthename.com/name/bogdan
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'''Bogdan''' ([[Cyrillic]]: Богдан) is a [[Slavic names|Slavic masculine name]] that appears in the [[South Slavic languages]] and in [[Polish language|Polish]] and [[Romanian language|Romanian]]. It is derived from the [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] words ''[[:wiktionary:Appendix:Proto-Slavic/bogъ|Bog]]'' (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning '[[god]]', and ''dan'' (Cyrillic: дан), meaning 'given'. The name appears to be an early [[calque]] from Greek Theódoros ([[Theodore (name)|Theodore]], [[Theodosius]]) or Hebrew [[Matthew (given name)|Matthew]] with the same meaning.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Unbegaun |first=B.O. |title=Russian surnames |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=1972 |isbn=0198156359 |location=Oxford |author-link=Boris Unbegaun}}{{page needed|date=September 2021}}</ref> The name is also used as a surname in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. Bogdana is the feminine version of the name.

==Variations==
The [[sound change]] of 'g' into 'h' (into [[Bohdan (name)|Bohdan]]) occurred in the [[West Slavic languages]] and in [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]. Both Bogdan and Bohdan are used in Poland.

Slavic variants include [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] and [[Serbo-Croatian]] [[Božidar]] (Божидар)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Skok |first=Petar |title=Etimologijski rjecnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika |publisher=[[Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts|Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts]] |year=1971 |publication-place=[[Zagreb]] |script-title=sr:Етимологијски рјечник хрватскога или српскога језика |author-link=Petar Skok}}{{page needed|date=September 2021}}</ref> and Polish [[Bożydar (disambiguation)|Bożydar]], and diminutive forms and nicknames include Boguś, Bodya, Boca, Boci, Boća, Boša, Bogi, Bo, Boga Boga, Boggie.{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} The feminine form is '''Bogdana''', with variants such as ''Bogdanka''.

Names with similar meanings include Persian [[Khodadad (disambiguation)|Khodadad]], Greek [[Theodore (name)|Theodore]], Arabic [[Ataullah]], Hebrew [[Nathaniel]], [[Jonathan (name)|Jonathan]], and [[Matthew (name)|Matthew]], Latin [[Deusdedit (disambiguation)|Deodatus]], French [[Dieudonné (disambiguation)|Dieudonné]], and Sanskrit [[Devadatta]].

==Name days==
* [[Bulgaria]]n: 6 January
* [[Croatia]]n: 12 May 
* [[Hungary|Hungarian]]: 2 September
* [[Moldova]]n: 19 October
* [[Poland|Polish]]: 19 March, 17 July, 10 August or 9 October
* [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christianity]]: 4 March

==Given name==

===Medieval===
*[[Bogdan I of Moldavia]], Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1359–1365), and the [[House of Bogdan-Mușat]] (''Bogdania'' was an early name for the principality of [[Moldavia]], named after Bogdan I)
*[[Bogdan Kirizmić]] ({{floruit|1361–1371}}), Serbian financial manager in the service of [[Vukašin Mrnjavčević]] ({{floruit|1371}})
*[[Bogdan (kaznac)|Bogdan]] ({{floruit|1363}}), ''kaznac'' in the service of Emperor Uroš V
*[[Bogdan (protovestiarios)|Bogdan]] ({{floruit|1407–1413}}), Serbian state financial manager under Despot [[Stefan Lazarević]], merchant from Prizren and donator to [[Kalenić monastery]]
*[[Bogdan II of Moldavia]], Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1449–1451)
*[[Bogdan III the One-Eyed]], Voivode of Moldavia (r. 1504–1517)

===Sports===
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*[[Bogdan Aldea]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Andone]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Apostu]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Bălan]], Romanian rugby union player
*[[Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball)]], Serbian basketball player
*[[Bogdan Bucurică]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Buhuș]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Cistean]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Ciufulescu]], Romanian wrestler
*[[Bogdan Cotolan]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Daras]], Polish wrestler
*[[Mihai Bogdan Dobrescu]], Romanian boxer
*[[Bogdan Juratoni]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Lalić]], Croatian chess grandmaster
*[[Bogdan Lobonț]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Macovei (handball coach)]], Romanian handball coach
*[[Bogdan Macovei (luger)]], Romanian-Moldovan luger
*[[Bogdan Pătrașcu]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Planić]], Serbian footballer
*[[Bogdan Stelea]], Romanian footballer
*[[Bogdan Stoica]], Romanian kickboxer
*[[Bogdan Tanjević]], Montenegrin basketball coach
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===Other===
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*[[Bogdan Baltazar]], Romanian banker
*[[Bogdan Baranowski]], Polish chemist
*[[Bogdan Bogdanović (architect)]], Serbian architect
*[[Bogdan Borusewicz]], Polish politician
*[[Bogdan Burtea]], Romanian scholar
*[[Bogdan Curta]], Romanian folk singer
*[[Bogdan Diklić]], Serbian actor
*[[Bogdan Filov]], Bulgarian archaeologist and politician
*[[Bogdan Gavrilović]], Serbian mathematician
*[[Baka Prase]], born Bogdan Ilić, Serbian YouTuber, rapper, gamer and entertainer
*[[Bogdan Istru]], Moldovan poet
*[[Leopold Mandić]], born Bogdan Mandić, Croat Roman Catholic priest
*[[Bogdan Maglich]], American physicist
*[[Bogdan Musiał]], Polish-German historian
*[[Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz]], Romanian politician
*[[Bogdan Olteanu]], Romanian politician
*[[Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu]], Romanian historian, philologist and politician
*[[Bogdan Raczynski]], Polish electronic musician
*[[Bogdan Tirnanić]], Serbian journalist and essayists
*[[Bogdan Zimonjić]], Serbian priest and military commander
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==Surname==
The surname Bogdan is one of the most common surnames in the [[Sisak-Moslavina County]] of [[Croatia]].<ref>{{Croatian Census 2011|N|tabid=31|tabname=Most frequent surnames}}</ref> Notable people with the surname include:

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*[[Ádám Bogdán]], Hungarian goalkeeper
*[[Ana Bogdan]], Romanian tennis player
*[[Constantin Bogdan]], Moldovan footballer
*[[Christopher Bogdan]], United States Air Force general
*[[Denis Bogdan]], Russian volleyball player 
*[[George Bogdan]], Romanian physician
*[[Goran Bogdan]], Croatian actor
*[[Henry Bogdan]], American bassist and musician
*[[Jakub Bogdan]], Slovak painter 
*[[Małgorzata Bogdan]], Polish statistician
*[[Radu Bogdan]], American philosopher
*[[Rareș Bogdan]], Romanian politician
*[[Srećko Bogdan]], Croatian footballer
*[[Zvonko Bogdan]], Serbian composer and singer
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==See also==
*{{intitle|Bogdan}}
*[[Bogdanski]]
*[[Bogdani]], surname meaning son of Bogdan
*[[Bogdanov]], surname meaning son of Bogdan
*[[Bogdanovich]] ([[Bogdanović]]), surname meaning son of Bogdan
*[[Bogusław (given name)]]
*[[Bogdan Corporation]], a Ukrainian vehicle manufacturer
*[[Slavic names]]

==References==
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