Bogdana

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Богдана in UA Ukraine, RU Russia and Bohdana in CZ Czechia.

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●(measured from records)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

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

Bogdana is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Bogdană

36 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.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Bogdana is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Russian, "God-given." Fem of Bogdan.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Bogdana Stritarb. 1911SISlovene opera singer
• Bogdana Vulpeb. 1940BGBulgarian actress
• Bogdana Carpenterb. 1941USAmerican literary critic, university teacher, non-fiction writer and translator
• Bogdana Tzankovab. 1992BGbadminton player
• Archduchess Gloria of Austriab. 1999ATnot in their usual nameAustrian Imperial and Royal
• Bogdana BorotaSIresearcher
• Bogdana MarinacSIresearcher
• Bogdana JeretinSIresearcher
• Bogdana KurbusSIresearcher
• Bogdana JanikowskaPLPolish pianist

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)

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bogdana mean, and where does it come from?

weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.

How do you pronounce Bogdana?

A machine transcription gives /bəɡdænə/ (IPA) for Bulgarian.

Is Bogdana a male or female name?

Bogdana is a female 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 Bogdana?

In the etymology graph, Bohdana and Bogna are forms of the same name in other languages; Dana is a recorded short or pet form.

In which country does Bogdana have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Богдана in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Bogdana most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bogdana is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 6.8 thousand people — even though Ukraine holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Bogdana?

In Slovenia, the national register counted 307 people named Bogdana in 2025, about 1 in 6.8 thousand residents.

How common is Bogdana compared with other names?

In Ukraine, Bogdana is the 149th most common given name of 85,149 given names recorded there.