Bahdan
Belarusian · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Bahdan
The name 'Bahdan' means "given by God" or "God's gift," deriving from the Slavic root *bogъ* (god) and *danъ* (given), making it a cognate of the name "Bogdan." It is primarily used in Belarusian, Ukrainian, and Polish cultures, often within Eastern Orthodox Christian communities, and has historical significance as the name of several medieval Ruthenian princes and the 17th-century Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnytsky.
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Etymology
The name 'Bahdan' means "given by God" or "God's gift," deriving from the Slavic root *bogъ* (god) and *danъ* (given), making it a cognate of the name "Bogdan." It is primarily used in Belarusian, Ukrainian, and Polish cultures, often within Eastern Orthodox Christian communities, and has historical significance as the name of several medieval Ruthenian princes and the 17th-century Cossack leader Bohdan Khmelnytsky.
Bahdan currently ranks #818 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2016.
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