Bozidar as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bozidar

What is the meaning of the name Bozidar ?

The baby name Bozidar is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈboʒidar/ (BOH-zhee-dar).

Bozidar is Slavic in Origin.

A South Slavic given name formed from the Slavic elements boži (“of God”) + dar (“gift”), Bozidar means “God’s gift” or “gift of God.” It appears across the Balkans in both Orthodox and Catholic communities, with the diacritic form Božidar standard in Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Montenegrin, and Macedonian; Bulgarian uses Bozhidar (Божидар). The unaccented Bozidar is an international transliteration.

Attested in medieval documents and steadily used into modern times, it has periodic waves of popularity and is borne by scholars, athletes, and statesmen. Common short forms include Božo (South Slavic) and Bozhko (Bulgarian), with affectionate Boža also heard. Related feminine forms are Božidarka/Bozhidara and the rarer Polish Bożydara; Polish also preserves the cognate Bożydar. Semantically, Bozidar aligns with Theodore (Greek) and, within Slavic, with Bogdan, though it remains a distinct formation. Variant spellings encountered in English omit diacritics (Bozidar) or reflect Bulgarian zh (Bozhidar).