Bogdan

See also: bogdan and Bogdán

English

Alternative forms

• Bohdan

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ, a calque of Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “Theodore”, literally “gift of God”).

Proper noun

Bogdan

1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.

Translations

male given name

• Belarusian: Багда́н m (Bahdán)
• Bulgarian: Богдан (Bogdan)
• Czech: Bohdan (cs) m
• Hungarian: Bogdán (hu)
• Macedonian: Богдан (mk) (Bogdan)
• Polish: Bogdan (pl)
• Romanian: Bogdan (ro)
• Russian: Богда́н (ru) m (Bogdán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бо̀гда̄н m

  Latin: Bògdān m

• Slovak: Bohdan m
• Slovene: Bogdan m
• Ukrainian: Богда́н m (Bohdán)

Anagrams

• Badong, bandog, dongba

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

Proper noun

Bogdan m pers

1. a male given name

Further reading

• Krajčovič, Rudolf (2005), Živé kroniky slovenských dejín skryté v názvoch obcí a miest [Living chronicles of Slovak history hidden in the names of villages and towns], Bratislava: Slovenské literárne centrum, →ISBN, page 105

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɡ.dan/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡdan
• Syllabification: Bog‧dan
• Homophone: bogdan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

Proper noun

Bogdan m pers (female equivalent Bogdana)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Bogdan

	singular	plural
nominative	Bogdan	Bogdanowie
genitive	Bogdana	Bogdanów
dative	Bogdanowi	Bogdanom
accusative	Bogdana	Bogdanów
instrumental	Bogdanem	Bogdanami
locative	Bogdanie	Bogdanach
vocative	Bogdanie	Bogdanowie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Bogdan f

1. genitive plural of Bogdana

Further reading

• “Bogdan”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Богъданъ (Bogŭdanŭ), from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boɡˈdan]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Bogdan m (genitive/dative lui Bogdan)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• bogdan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǒɡdaːn/
• Hyphenation: Bog‧dan

Proper noun

Bògdān m anim (Cyrillic spelling Бо̀гда̄н)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Bogdan

	singular
nominative	Bògdān
genitive	Bogdána
dative	Bogdánu
accusative	Bogdána
vocative	Bȍgdāne
locative	Bogdánu
instrumental	Bogdánom

References

• Bogdan on the Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sh

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔɡdan/, [ˈbɔɡdan]
• Rhymes: -ɔɡdan
• Hyphenation: Bog‧dan

Proper noun

Bogdan m pers (female equivalent Bogdanová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Bogdan
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Bogdan	Bogdanovia	Bogdanovci
genitive	Bogdana	Bogdanov	Bogdanovcov
dative	Bogdanovi	Bogdanom	Bogdanovcom
accusative	Bogdana	Bogdanov	Bogdanovcov
locative	Bogdanovi	Bogdanoch	Bogdanovcoch
instrumental	Bogdanom	Bogdanmi	Bogdanovcami

Further reading

• “Bogdan”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026