| Gender | masculine |
|---|---|
| Language | Slavic |
| Other gender | |
| Feminine | Bogomila |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'dear to God' |
| Other names | |
| Variant form | Bogumil |
| Related names | Bogdan,Bogumił,Bogusław,Bohumil,Bohuslav |
Bogomil (Cyrillic:Богомил) is agiven 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'.[1]
The Polish form of the name isBogumił, the Czech and Slovak form isBohumil. Its feminine equivalents are Bogomila, Bogumiła, Bohumila. Thesound change of 'g' > 'h' occurred inUkrainian,Belarusian,Czech andSlovak.[2]
Names with meaning "dear to god" in different languages include LatinAmadeus, SerbianBogoljub, GreekTheophilus (which gave rise to "Theophil") and GermanGottlieb, as well as a Russian surnameBogolyubov.
