Bogdan Forename

2,608th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 396,446 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Bogdan Forename User-submission:

This name is of Slavic origin, meaning 'given by god'. It is also used in Romania and Moldova.

Bogdan Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania
100%
185,2321:10819
Poland
100%
77,1381:493101
Russia
99%
 
69,6821:2,070172
Serbia
100%
10,1561:704162
Belarus
95%
 
6,3101:1,503141
Kazakhstan
99%
 
5,5001:3,227458
United States
100%
5,3841:67,3363,414
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
4,5341:777196
Bulgaria
100%
3,9451:1,772334
Germany
100%
2,9961:32,2691,162
Uzbekistan
98%
 
2,8341:10,8631,342
Slovenia
100%
2,7471:895229
Canada
100%
2,3671:13,9981,450
Spain
100%
1,6851:27,6141,430
North Macedonia
100%
1,6611:1,259262
England
100%
1,6551:33,5971,819
Croatia
100%
1,3781:3,060432
Moldova
100%
8881:4,010318
Tajikistan
95%
 
8581:9,7611,032
Montenegro
100%
7711:823190
Transnistria
97%
 
6931:686114
France
100%
5541:119,9832,443
Belgium
100%
5351:21,4771,588
Sweden
100%
5081:19,4051,374
Austria
100%
4601:18,509870
Italy
98%
 
4471:136,6042,253
Norway
100%
4401:11,664946
Netherlands
100%
3081:54,8773,629
Israel
99%
 
2821:29,7982,347
Thailand
100%
2811:249,34515,154
Czechia
100%
2461:43,318798
Ukraine-2411:188,7961,241
Kyrgyzstan
98%
 
2351:25,4182,916
Saudi Arabia-2331:132,24312,172
Turkmenistan
100%
2201:24,877578
Switzerland
100%
2161:38,0251,915
Kosovo-1911:9,7461,443
Greece
100%
1871:58,4741,936
Australia-1851:73,8253,052
Portugal-1751:59,4911,934
Denmark-1581:35,7561,573
Estonia
100%
1461:9,0091,073
Ireland
100%
1441:32,2471,286
Brazil
100%
1391:1,541,26735,349
Lithuania
75%
 
1211:24,396862
Morocco-1091:315,1256,796
Latvia-1001:20,156918
Azerbaijan
100%
991:97,4034,412
Egypt-871:1,056,33318,582
Armenia
100%
841:34,7471,539
South Africa
100%
801:681,65829,523
Georgia
99%
 
631:59,3412,701
Scotland
96%
 
511:104,9092,453
Dominican Republic-491:212,8838,521
Argentina
93%
 
481:891,1094,912
Kuwait-471:80,5386,521
Mexico
100%
431:2,887,08014,650
Hungary
58%
 
401:244,7941,206
Finland
100%
381:144,2942,873
Venezuela
100%
351:862,91119,455
Luxembourg
100%
271:20,8911,222
New Zealand-261:174,4635,979
Chile
95%
 
231:765,5317,771
United Arab Emirates-221:325,09116,440
Iraq-191:1,843,04511,423
Malta-171:25,2561,655
China-161:85,378,48664,025
Slovakia
100%
161:331,8791,774
Cyprus
100%
151:58,0722,208
Iceland-151:24,4011,622
Qatar
100%
151:157,97416,771
Wales
100%
131:238,0244,015
Ecuador-121:1,477,2439,675
Malaysia
100%
101:3,044,99479,253
Oman-101:410,8674,770
Northern Ireland
100%
91:204,7941,831
Gibraltar-91:3,793625
Japan-91:14,220,67339,809
Tunisia-91:75,2113,284
Turkey
100%
91:8,644,63430,028
Abkhazia
100%
81:30,4281,333
Panama-81:488,32013,543
Paraguay
100%
81:904,6016,499
Singapore-71:898,15114,197
Albania
100%
51:609,31420,025
Gabon-41:470,8342,822
India
100%
41:303,719,4932,628,057
Syria-41:4,826,5195,774
Algeria-31:12,725,57318,455
Congo
100%
31:1,669,73530,542
Monaco
100%
31:12,8221,634
Pakistan
100%
31:64,785,893186,184
Peru
100%
31:10,597,15158,549
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Colombia-21:23,889,46363,722
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
El Salvador-21:3,170,89311,665
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Lebanon
100%
21:2,813,78613,895
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Uganda-21:20,478,46091,660
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Bermuda-11:64,8262,481
Bhutan-11:824,9286,865
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Iran-11:78,496,86865,150
Isle of Man-11:85,023723
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Libya-11:6,221,3093,060
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Macau-11:608,2092,350
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Northern Cyprus
100%
11:318,1333,044
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958

The alternate forms: Bogdán (63) & Bogdàn (1) are calculated separately.

Bogdan (49,048) may also be a surname.

Bogdan Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This name is of Slavic origin, meaning 'given by god'. It is also used in Romania and Moldova.

- olyabagi

Bogdan Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Bogdan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bogdan in the Russian language
Богданbogdan-

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