Bojan

Bojan or Boyan ( Cyrillic : Бојан or Bulgarian Боян ) is a masculine given name that is predominantly used in Serbia , Macedonia , Bulgaria , Croatia and Slovenia .

Origin and meaning

The name Bojan or Boyan is formed from the Slavic word boj 'the fight' , 'the battle', and the suffix -an. The feminine form of the name is Bojana .

Name bearer

• Boyan-Enravota (9th century), the first Bulgarian Christian martyr and the first saint
• Bojan Filipović (* 1976), Serbian football player
• Bojan Križaj (* 1957), Slovenian ski racer
• Bojan Krkić (* 1990), Spanish-Serbian football player
• Bojan Markoski (* 1983), Macedonian football player
• Bojan Neziri (* 1982), Serbian football player
• Bojan Prašnikar (* 1953), Yugoslav-Slovenian football player and coach
• Bojan Radew (born 1942), Bulgarian wrestler
• Bojan Šarčević (* 1974), Serbian artist
• Boyan Slat (* 1994), Dutch inventor and founder of The Ocean Cleanup
• Bojan Tomović , Serbian turbo folk singer
• Bojan Zulfikarpašić (* 1968), Serbian jazz pianist
• Boyan Jovanovic (* 1951), Serbian economist and currently professor at New York University

See also

• Bojanić
• Boyany
• Blast swath (Bojan)
• Boian
• Boyan Tower