Bogomil (name)
| Gender | masculine |
|---|---|
| Language | Slavic |
| Other gender | |
| Feminine | Bogomila |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'dear to God' |
| Other names | |
| Variant form | Bogumil |
| Related names | Bogdan, Bogumił, Bogusław, Bohumil, Bohuslav |
Bogomil (Cyrillic: Богомил) is a given name of Slavic origin. It is composed of the Slavic words 'bog' (god) and 'mil' (dear) and means 'dear to God' or 'favoured by God'.[1]
The Polish form of the name is Bogumił, the Czech and Slovak form is Bohumil. Its feminine equivalents are Bogomila, Bogumiła, Bohumila. The sound change of 'g' > 'h' occurred in Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech and Slovak.[2]
Names with meaning "dear to god" in different languages include Latin Amadeus, Serbian Bogoljub, Greek Theophilus (which gave rise to "Theophil") and German Gottlieb, as well as a Russian surname Bogolyubov.
Notable people
Bogomil
- Bogomil (priest), medieval Bulgarian monk, founder of the Gnostic sect known as Bogomilism
- Bogomil Avramov (born 1937), Bulgarian writer
- Bogomil Bonev (born 1957), Bulgarian politician
- Bogomil Bozhurkin (born 2002), Bulgarian footballer
- Bogomil Dyakov (born 1984), Bulgarian footballer
- Bogomil Ferfila (born 1951), Slovenian political scientist, economist, and journalist
- Bogomil Gjuzel (1939–2021), Macedonian writer
- Bogomil Hristov (born 1994), Bulgarian footballer
- Bogomil Pavlov (born 1992), Bulgarian ski jumper
- Bogomil Petrov (born 1939), Bulgarian weightlifter
- Bogomil Raynov (1919–2007), Bulgarian writer and professor
- Bogomil Tsintsarski (born 1997), Bulgarian footballer
Bogumil
- Bogumil Dawison (1818–1872), German actor
- Bogumil Goltz (1801–1870), German humorist and satirist
- Bogumil Hrabak (1927–2010), Serbian historian and university professor
- Bogumil Jewsiewicki (born 1942), Polish-Canadian historian
- Bogumil Vošnjak (1882–1955), Slovenian jurist, politician and diplomat
Bogomila
- Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov (born 1940), Bulgarian-Canadian art historian
See also
- All pages with titles containing Bogomil
- All pages with titles containing Bogumil
- Hartmann Bogumil (born 1938), German sailor
- Bogomil (village)
- Bohumil
- Bohumila
References
- ^ Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Bogumił
- ^ Obolensky, Dimitri (2004). The Bogomils: A Study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism. Cambridge University Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 0-521-60763-9. Retrieved 19 January 2025.