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bogdan Name Meaning and History

  1. Polish, Slovak, Slovenian (Prekmurje, i.e. easternmost Slovenia), and Serbian: from the common Slavic personal name Bogdan, bohdan composed of the elements Bog ‘God’ + dan ‘gift’. This was not a Christian name sanctioned by the Orthodox Church, but was common as a familiar vernacular name, equivalent to Greek Theodoros ‘gift of God’ (see Theodore) or Theodotos ‘given by God’. As an American surname, it may also be a shortened form of any of numerous other Slavic surnames formed from this personal name. This is also found as a Romanian name.
  2. Hungarian (Bogdán): habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Bogdány, in Abaúj, Pest, Szabolcs, and Veszprém counties, or in Máramaros, now in Romania.
  3. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of numerous places in Belarus and Poland called Bogdany.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bogdan Families in the US in 1920
Number of bogdan families
 20-37
 7-19		 1-6
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Bogdans from Russia/Poland to Michigan maggiesmemories 0
Bogdan Family Information anitabogdan 2
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Leo J. Bogdan - 1915 - 1987 JoellenBrown27 0
Bogdans of Syracuse John A Wagner 0
Search for Albert or Edwina Bogdan j.sanders 4
Donna Bogdan and Robert B. Evans- Utah County, Utah tyannsoren_1 0
Joseph Bogdan xitalianhottix211 2
Benedicta, Helena & Walter Bogdan, Detroit jacord521 0
Any Bogdan Info Emilie Bogdan 6
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