Given name & surname

Bogdán

“God”·“given”

Bogdán is a masculine given name from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Hungarian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Bogdán is a romanization of Богдан. Богдан is built from elements meaning “God” and “given”.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Bogdán comes from Proto-Slavic.

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How it developed

From Proto-Slavic *Bogъdanъ.

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Bogdán’s family of names

In Hungarian usage, Bogdán has a conventional equivalent in the English form Bogdan. In Russian usage, Bogdán is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Богдан.

Walk Bogdán’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Slavic languages

Bogosav

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Bojmír

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Slavic

Božić

“God”

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Sibling ideas

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