Bogomil (name)

Template:Infobox given name Template:Sister project Bogomil (Template:Cyrl) is a given name of Slavic origin. It is composed of the Slavic words 'bog' (god) and 'mil' (dear) and means 'dear to God' or 'favoured by God'.

The Polish form of the name is Bogumił (), the Czech and Slovak form is Bohumil. Its feminine equivalents are Bogomila, Bogumiła, Bohumila. The sound change of 'g' > 'h' occurred in Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech and Slovak.

Names with a similar meaning in different languages include Latin Amadeus, Greek Theophil and German Gottlieb.

Notable people with the name

Bogomil

• Bogomil (priest), medieval Bulgarian monk, founder of the Gnostic sect known as Bogomilism
• Bogomil Avramov (born 1937), Bulgarian writer
• Bogomil Bonev (born 1957), Bulgarian politician
• Bogomil Bozhurkin (born 2002), Bulgarian footballer
• Bogomil Dyakov (born 1984), Bulgarian footballer
• Bogomil Ferfila (born 1951), Slovenian political scientist, economist, and journalist
• Bogomil Gjuzel (1939–2021), Macedonian writer
• Bogomil Hristov (born 1994), Bulgarian footballer
• Bogomil Pavlov (born 1992), Bulgarian ski jumper
• Bogomil Petrov (born 1939), Bulgarian weightlifter
• Bogomil Raynov (1919–2007), Bulgarian writer and professor
• Bogomil Tsintsarski (born 1997), Bulgarian footballer
• Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil, fictional character in Beverly Hills Cop

Bogumil / Bogumił

• Bogumił (Archbishop of Gniezno) (died 1092), archbishop of Gniezno
• Bogumilus (Bogumił), archbishop of Gniezno and hermit
• Bogumił W. Andrzejewski (1922–1994), Polish-British linguist
• Bogumił Brzezinski (born 1943), Polish chemist
• Bogumil Dawison (1818–1872), German actor
• Bogumił Gacka (born 1955), Polish Catholic priest
• Bogumil Goltz (1801–1870), German humorist and satirist
• Bogumił Gozdur (1935–2017),Polish football player and manager
• Bogumił Grott (born 1940), Polish historian, lecturer and professor
• Bogumil Hrabak (1927–2010), Serbian historian and university professor
• Bogumil Jewsiewicki (born 1942), Polish-Canadian historian
• Bogumił Kobiela (1931–1969), Polish film actor
• Bogumił Książek (born 1974), Polish painter
• Bogumił Linka (1865–1920), Polish-Masurian social and national activist
• Bogumił Pawłowski (1898–1971), Polish botanist
• Bogumił Strzyżewski (1933–2019), Polish professor of agricultural sciences
• Bogumił Šwjela (1873–1948), Sorbian Protestant clergyman and ethnic activist
• Bogumil Vošnjak (1882–1955), Slovenian jurist, politician and diplomat

Bogomila / Bogumiła

• Bogumiła Berdychowska (born 1964), Polish writer and journalist
• Bogumiła Lisocka-Jaegermann (born 1956), Polish social scientist and writer
• Bogumiła Matusiak (born 1971), Polish cyclist
• Bogumiła Pajor (born 1960), Polish field hockey player
• Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov (born 1940), Bulgarian-Canadian art historian

See also

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• Hartmann Bogumil (born 1938), German sailor
• Bogomil (village)
• Bohumil