Božidar

Božidar
Origin
Pronunciation	Serbian pronunciation: [bôʒidaːr]
Gender	male
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	Divine gift / God's gift

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Božidar (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар, Polish: Bożydar, sometimes transliterated as Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic masculine given name.

It means "divine gift", derived from the Slavic elements božĭjĭ ("divine") and darŭ ("gift").^[1] The name is a calque of the Greek name Theodoros. Direct cognates of the latter and of Božidar in the (South) Slavic languages include: Teodor, Todor, Tudor, Todo. The feminine form of the name is Božidarka.

Notable people with the name Božidar include:

Božidar "Boki" Milošević (1931–2018), Serbian clarinetist
Božidar "Boško" Antić (1944–2007), Bosnian Serb footballer
Bozidar Brazda (born 1972), Canadian artist, writer, and musician
Bozidar Cuk (born 1992), Montenegrin volleyball player
Bozidar Iskrenov (born 1962), Bulgarian footballer
Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav left-wing politician and journalist
Božidar Alić (1954–2020), Croatian actor
Božidar Antunović (born 1991), Serbian shot putter
Božidar Bandović (born 1969), Serbian football player and manager
Božidar Belojević (1928–1997), Yugoslav footballer
Božidar Beravs (born 1948), Slovenian ice hockey player
Božidar Bojović (1938–2021), Montenegrin chief physician and politician
Božidar Ćosić (born 1982), Serbian footballer
Božidar Ćosović (1916–1943), Yugoslav gendarmerie officer
Božidar Čačić (born 1972), Croatian footballer
Božidar Debenjak (born 1935), Slovenian Marxist philosopher, social theorist and translator
Božidar Delić (1956–2022), Yugoslav Army general, former vice president of Serbia
Božidar Đelić (born 1965), Serbian economist and politician
Božidar Ðorđević (born 1959), Yugoslav rower
Božidar Drenovac, (1922–2003), Serbian football player and manager
Božidar Đurašević (1933–2022), Serbian chess player
Božidar Đurašković (born 1924), Yugoslav middle distance runner
Božidar Đurković, (born 1972), Serbian footballer
Božidar Ferjančić (1929–1998), Serbian historian
Božidar Finka (1925–1999), Croatian linguist and lexicographer
Božidar Goraždanin (fl. 16th century), founder of the Goražde printing house
Božidar Grujović, pseudonym of Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), Serbian writer, jurist and educator
Božidar Ivanović (born 1946), Montenegrin Yugoslav chess grandmaster and politician
Božidar Jakac (1899–1989), Slovene painter
Božidar Janković, (1951–1993), Bosnian footballer
Božidar Janković (1849–1920), Serbian army general and commander
Božidar Jelovac (born 1987), Serbian footballer
Božidar Jović (born 1972), Croatian handball player
Božidar Kalmeta (born 1958), Croatian politician
Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999), Slovene composer
Božidar Karađorđević (1862–1908), Serbian artist and writer on art
Božidar Kavran (1913–1948), Croatian Ustaše war criminal
Božidar Kljajević (born 1953) is a Serbian historian, geographer and ethnologist
Božidar Knežević (born 1862), Serbian philosopher
Božidar Kolaković (1929–2010), Serbian footballer
Božidar Kunc (1903–1964), Croatian composer and pianist
Božidar Leiner (1919–1942), Croatian communist and Partisan
Božidar Leković (born 1991), Montenegrin handball player
Božidar Liščić (1929–2020), Croatian engineer
Božidar Magovac (1908–1955), Croatian journalist and politician
Božidar Maksimović (1886–1969), Serbian lawyer and politician
Božidar Maljković (born 1952), Serbian basketball coach
Božidar Matić (1937–2016), Bosnian politician and academic
Božidar Milenković (1954–2020), Serbian footballer
Božidar Milojković (born 1952), Serbian cartoonist and comic book artist
Božidar Munćan (1925–1990), Serbian basketball player
Božidar Nikolić (1942–2021), Serbian film director and screenwriter
Božidar Orešković (1942–2010), Croatian actor
Božidar Pavićević (1932–2004), Serbian actor
Božidar Pešić (born 1952), Serbian basketball player
Božidar Peter (1938–2012), former Croatian handball player
Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), Serbian author, scholar, journalist, historian of Serbian literature
Božidar Prokić (1859–1922), Serbian historian
Božidar Puretić (1921–1971), Croatian physician
Božidar Purić (1891–1977), Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat
Božidar Radošević (born 1989), Croatian footballer
Božidar Rašica (1912–1992), Yugoslav architect, scenographer and painter
Božidar Sandić (1922–2008), Serbian footballer
Božidar Senčar (1927–1987), Croatian footballer
Božidar Širola (1889–1956), Croatian composer and musicologist
Božidar Smiljanić (1936–2018), Croatian actor
Božidar Špišić (1879–1957), Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb
Božidar Stanišić (1936–2014), Montenegrin water polo player
Božidar Tadić (born 1983), Serbian footballer
Božidar Urošević (born 1975), Serbian footballer
Božidar Vidoeski (1920–1998), Macedonian linguist
Božidar Vučićević (born 1998), Serbian volleyball player
Božidar Vuković (1466–1540), one of the first printers of Serbian books
Božidar Zečević (born 1948), Serbian film historian

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