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| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Meaning | Dear to God |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Bogomila (f), Bogumiła (f), Bohumila (f) |
| Related names | Bogusław, Bogdan; Amadeus, Theophil, Gottlieb |
Bogomil (Cyrillic: Богомил, also Bogumił in Polish, Bohumil in Czech and Slovak) is a given name of Slavic origin. It is composed of the Slavic words 'bog' (god) and 'mil' (dear) and means 'Dear to God'. Its feminine equivalents are Bogomila, Bogumiła, Bohumila. The sound change of 'g' > 'h' occurred in Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech and Slovak.
Similar names include Latin Amadeus, Greek Theophil and German Gottlieb.
The name may refer to:
People
- Bogomil (priest), medieval Bulgarian monk, founder of the Gnostic sect known as Bogomilism
- Bogumilus (Bogumił), archbishop of Gniezno and hermit
- Bogomil Avramov, Bulgarian writer
- Bogumil Dawison, German actor
- Bogomil Dyakov, Bulgarian footballer
- Bogomil Gjuzel, Macedonian writer
- Bogumił (Archbishop of Gniezno)
- Bogumil Goltz, German humorist and satirist
- Bogumił Grott, Polish historian, lecturer and professor at the Institute of Religious Studies of Jagiellonian University in Kraków
- Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer
- Bogumił Kobiela, Polish film actor
- Bogumiła Lisocka-Jaegermann, Polish social scientist and writer, specialising in the fields of history and development of the Third World and developing countries
- Bogumil Vošnjak, Slovenian liberal politician
Fictional characters
- Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop
References
- Obolensky, Dimitri (2004). The Bogomils: A Study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism. Cambridge University Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 9780521607636. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
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