Bojan (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Boyan or Bojan


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caption= A statue of the renowned Russian bard from the 10th century, Boyan
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gender = Male
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region = Slavic
origin = Bulgarian / Slavic
related names = Bryan or Brian
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Bojan ( _sr. Бојан and _mk. Боjaн) or Boyan ( _bg. Боян) is a Slavic male given name. The short form of the name Boyan used in Bulgaria is Bobi or Bobby (Bulgarian: Боби). Its female equivalent is Boyana (Bulgarian: Бояна). In Serbian and Macedonian "Bojana" (Serbian/Macedonian: "Бојана"). In present days it is used as a given name in all countries of former Yugoslavia, mainly written as Bojan (Serbian/Macedonian: Бојан)and in Bulgaria written as Boyan (Bulgarian: Боян) .
In Bulgarian and Russian: Boyan ( _bg. Боян)
In Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian and Slovenian: Bojan (Serbian/Macedonian: Бојан)

Etymology

*There is some discussion as to where the name Boyan comes from. The usual explanation is that it is derived from the word boy, which means battle, and the suffix -ан (-an) which is common in Bulgarian and Slavic names.Together, Boyan means the fighting one.

*Some people disagree, and think that name originates from two languages: the Proto-Bulgarian language, where the name means "military commander" as a noun, and "grisly" and "militant" as an adjective, and the Slavic word "boj" (Cyrilic:"Боy"/"Бой"), which means "battle". Others yet believe that it comes from famous khagan of Avars, Bayan I (562-602), who ruled the Slavs in Panonia.

*Another possibility for the origin of the name. In the area of modern Czech Republic (Bohemia , in serbian Boyka ) lived Celtic tribe Boii. Later this area was inhabited first by ancestors of modern Serbs ( White Serbs) and after them Czech tribes. It is possible that name Boyan originates from the name of this Celtic tribe Boii.Fact|date=September 2008

*There is also another possibility that the Celtic Irish Bryan or Brian is related to the Bulgarian and Slavic Boyan or Bojan not only in spelling similarity but also in meaning. Therefore according to the Celtic Irish origin of the name Bryan or Brian, the Bulgarian and Slavic name Boyan or Bojan could have the meaning strong or noble. See Bryan or Brian.Fact|date=September 2008

Notable Bojans or Boyans

*Bojan Krkić, Spanish football player of Serbian descent. He is playing in FC Barcelona.
*Batbayan of Bulgaria, also known as Batboyan or simply Boyan. The first son of Bulgarian khan Kubrat.
*Boyan or also known as Saint Enravota, was the eldest son of khan Omurtag of Bulgaria and the first Bulgarian Christian martyr, as well as the earliest Bulgarian saint to be canonized.
*Boyan, Russian bard from the 10th century
*Boyan Radev, a former Greco Roman wrestler from Bulgaria. He is two time Olympic Games champion (1964 Tokio and 1968 Mexico) and one time champion of the world.
*Boyan Tabakov, a Bulgarian football player.
*Boyan Yordanov, a Bulgarian volleyball player.
*Boyan Iliev, a Bulgarian football player.
*Boyan Dimitrov, a famous Bulgarian mathematician.
*Bojan Križaj, Slovenian alpine skier
*Bojan Djordjic, Swedish football player of Serbian descent.
*Bojan Zulfikarpašić, Franco-Serbian jazz pianist
*Bojan Marović, Montenegrin singer
*Bojan Šarčević, Bosnian-French visual artist
*Bojan Neziri, a Serbian football player of Albanian descent.
*Bojan Tomović, Serbian singer

ee also

Bulgarian name

Boyan (given name)