- Origin: Slavic
- Meaning: “divine gift.”
- Serbian: Божидар
- (BOH-zhee-DAH-rah).
The name is composed of the old Slavonic elements, bozy, meaning, god and dar, meaning, “gift.” In the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the name was designated as a cognate with the Greek, Theodore.
An obscure Polish variation is Bogudar, name-day is celebrated on November 9th.
Other forms include:
- Bojidar, Bozhidar Божидар (Bulgarian)
- Božidar, Boško, Božo (Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene)
- Bozsidár (Hungarian)
- Božidar (Macedonian)
- Bożydar/Bożdar (Polish)
- Bozhidar Божидар (Serbian)
- Božo (Slovene)
- Božidar (Sorbian)
Czech, Slovakian and Serbo-Croatian feminine formi s Božidara; Serbian feminine form is
Božidarka; the Polish feminine form is Bożydara (obscure); and the Bulgarian feminine form is Bozhidara/Bojidara Божидара.
Name-days include: March 8th (Bulgaria), May 9th (Poland), June 19th (Croatia), September 21st (Poland), November 2nd (Poland), December 25th (Croatia); and November 9th (Bogudar, Poland).
Updated November 9th, 2025.
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