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