Božidar

Božidar (Bulgarian, Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар, Polish: Bożydar, sometimes transliterated as Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic given name meaning "Divine gift". It is a calque of the Greek name Theodore, itself derived from the Greek word "Theodoros". Božo is a nickname form of Božidar. People with the name include:

• Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav left-wing politician and journalist
• Bozidar Antic (born 1944), Bosnian Serb striker
• Božidar Antunović (born 1991), Serbian shot putter
• Božidar Bandović (born 1969), Serbian football manager and former player
• Božidar Beravs (born 1948), Slovenian ice hockey player
• Bozidar Bratina (1942–1997), Italian sociologist, film theorist and politician of Slovene ethnicity
• Bozidar Brazda (born 1972), artist, writer, and musician
• Božidar Čačić (born 1972), Croatian retired football defender
• Božidar Ćosić (born 1982), Serbian professional footballer
• Božidar Debenjak (born 1935), Slovenian Marxist philosopher, social theorist and translator
• Božidar Delić (born 1956), retired Yugosalv Army general, current vice president of Serbia
• Božidar Đelić (born 1965), Serbian economist and politician
• Božidar Dimitrovski, (born 1987), Macedonian footballer
• Božidar Drenovac, (1922–2003), Serbian football player and manager
• Božidar Đurašković (born 1924), former middle distance runner
• Božidar Đurković, (born 1972), retired Serbian football player
• Božidar Ferjančić (1929–1998), Serbian historian
• Božidar Finka (1925–1999), Croatian linguist and lexicographer
• Bozidar Grujovic, pseudonym of or Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), Serbian writer, jurist and educator
• Bozidar Iskrenov (born 1962), former Bulgarian footballer
• Božidar Ivanović (born 1946), chess Grandmaster, politician and chess official
• Božidar Jakac (1899–1989), Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painter
• Božidar Janković (1849–1920), the Commander of the Serbian Third Army
• Božidar Jelovac (born 1987), Serbian football forward
• Božidar Jović (born 1972), retired Croatian handball player
• Božidar Kalmeta (born 1958), Croatian politician
• Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999), Slovene composer
• Prince Božidar Karađorđević (1862–1908), Serbian artist and writer on art
• Božidar Kavran (born 1913), member of the Croatian World War II Ustaše regime
• Božidar Leiner (1919–1942), Croatian communist and Partisan
• Božidar Maljković (born 1952), Serbian professional basketball coach
• Božidar Matić (born 1937), president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bozidar Milosevic (born 1931), Serbian clarinetist
• Božidar Novak (born 1965), Slovenian writer and international crisis communications expert
• Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), Serbian author, scholar, journalist, historian of Serbian literature
• Božidar Purić (1891–1977), Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat
• Božidar Radošević (born 1989), Croatian footballer
• Božidar Rašica (1912–1992), architect, scenographer and painter
• Božidar Sandić (1922–2008), Serbian football player
• Božidar Senčar (born 1927), Croatian football midfielder
• Božidar Širola (1889–1956), Croatian composer and musicologist
• Božidar Špišić (1879–1957), Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb
• Božidar Tadić (born 1983), Serbian footballer
• Božidar Urošević (born 1975), Serbian professional football player
• Božidar Vuković (1466–1540), one of the first printers of Serb books

See also

• Edmund Bogdanowicz, pseudonym Bozydar
• Slavic names
• Bozar (disambiguation)
• Bozdar
• Bozhidar