Božidar

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/boʐi˨˦d̪aːr/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Božidar is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country. In Montenegro it is the 64th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 560(measured from records)
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 1.4K
  • BGBulgaria≈1 in 2.8Kas Божидар

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Božidar itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Croatia (measured from records)

7,551 people, 2021

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
100 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 560 (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

BožidarLatin(measured from records)
БожидарCyrillic(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bozhidar in BG Bulgaria and Божидар in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Božidar counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Božidar is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HR Croatia#1247,5511 in 5607.6KBožidar59
RS Serbia#126≈4,900 est.≈1 in 1.4KlistedBožidar55
BG Bulgaria#104≈2,500 est.≈1 in 2.8K457Bozhidar100
SI Slovenia#2911,3771 in 1.5K1.4KBožidar14
MK North Macedonia#309946as Божидар1 in 2.2K946Божидар19
ME Montenegro#64≈110 est.≈1 in 5.4K#6Božidar18

7,551 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); NSI — popular newborn given names (annual press release); SURS — resident population given names; State Statistical Office — living population names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Božidar is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Boz̆idar, Bozidar

  • Slovak given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia, Serbia

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Bozidar, Božidár

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Chile, Argentina

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bozidar

  • Romanian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bozidar

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Serbia

    Also written Bozidar

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bozidar

20 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Božidar Janković, b. 1849Božidar Purić, b. 1891Bozhidar Dimitrov, b. 1945Božidar Maljković, b. 1952Božidar Alić, b. 1954Božidar Đelić, b. 1965Božidar Bandović, b. 1969Božidar Jović, b. 1972Bozhidar Kraev, b. 1997Bozhidar Andreev, b. 1997

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBok Božidar,Hi Božidar, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Božidar
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)20217.6K#141
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)20215.9K—
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20081.8K#115
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20091.8K#118
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20101.8K#120
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20111.8K#123
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20121.7K#122
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20131.7K#126
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20141.7K#127
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20151.6K#130
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20161.6K#129
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20171.6K#132

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Božidar?
A machine transcription gives /boʐi˨˦d̪aːr/ (IPA) for Croatian.
Is Božidar a male or female name?
Božidar is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Božidar?
In the etymology graph, Bozhidar, Bojidar and Bozho are forms of the same name in other languages; Božo, Boško and Boža are recorded short or pet forms.
In which country does Božidar have the most bearers?
In Croatia, the national register counted about 7.6 thousand people named Božidar, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled božidar.
Where is Božidar most common?
Božidar is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 560 people carrying it.
How common is the name Božidar?
In Croatia, the national register counted 7,551 people named Božidar in 2021, about 1 in 560 residents.
How common is Božidar compared with other names?
In Croatia, Božidar is the 124th most common given name of 14,066 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Božidar” — the 124th most common given name in Croatia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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