Bodna as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bodna

What is the meaning of the name Bodna ?

The baby name Bodna is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbɒd.nə/ (BOD-nah); US: /ˈbɑd.nə/.

Bodna is in Origin.

Bodna is a rare Slavic feminine given name most plausibly a streamlined or dialectal variant of Bohdana/Bogdana, formed from the Common Slavic elements bog “god” and dan(a) “given.” It therefore carries the meaning “God-given” or “gift of God.” The type is widespread in Eastern Europe - compare masculine Bohdan/Bogdan - while the spelling Bodna surfaces in parish registers, immigration documents, and diaspora communities where the silent h is dropped or orthography is simplified.

Use as a standalone given name is modern and uncommon but intelligible wherever Slavic theophoric names are known. Related variants and cognates include Bohdana, Bogdana; masculine Bohdan, Bogdan; and semantic cousins like Donata (“given”) or Theodora (“gift of God”). Nicknames often mirror those of Bohdana: Dana, Danka, and Bohda. Surname overlap (e.g., Bodna, Bodnar “cooper”) exists in Ukrainian and Romanian contexts but is etymologically separate.

⚙ Bodna is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Bodna appears only 2 times in total — found in 2 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.