Bogdan

Gender	male
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	given by God
Region of origin	Eastern Europe
Related names	Božidar, Bożydar
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Bogdan or Bohdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that also appears in Romania, Moldova, and Albania. It is derived from the Slavic words /Boh (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning "God", and dan (Cyrillic: дан), meaning "given". The name appears to be an early calque from Byzantine () 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 , Latin , Spanish Diosdado and French .

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