Bogdan
Bogdan is a boy name of Slavic origin, meaning Given by God.
What Bogdan means
Given by God.
Bogdan sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Bogdan comes from
Slavic names are commonly built from two clear elements — peace, glory, world, love — combined into a compound whose meaning reads almost as a wish.
Bogdan is recorded as Slavic in origin. Browse other Slavic names.
How popular is Bogdan?
In the boy name rankings we track, Bogdan falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Bogdan
Bogdan sits in our faith group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Faith
Names like Bogdan
These share Bogdan's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Matej — Gift of God.
- Baraka — Blessing.
- Barnaby — Son of consolation.
- Bastien — Revered and venerable.
- Benedict — Blessed.
- Bennett — Blessed.
- Bram — Father of multitudes.
- Declan — Full of goodness; an Irish saint.
- Makoto — Sincerity, truth.
- Abraham — Father of multitudes.
- Abram — Exalted father.
- Adil — Just and fair.