{{Infobox given name | name = Božidar | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation={{IPA|sr|bôʒidaːr}} | gender = male | meaning = Divine gift / God's gift | region = | origin = Slavic | variant forms = | related names = | footnotes = }} {{Wiktionary|Božidar}} '''Božidar''' (Bulgarian, Macedonian, {{lang-sr-cyr|Божидар}}, {{langx|pl|Bożydar}}, sometimes transliterated as '''Bojidar''', or '''Bozhidar''') is a Slavic masculine given name.
It means "divine gift", derived from the Slavic elements ''božĭjĭ'' ("divine") and ''darŭ'' ("gift").<ref>[https://www.behindthename.com/name/boz18idar Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Božidar]</ref> The name is a calque of the Greek name Theodoros. Direct cognates of the latter and of Božidar in the (South) Slavic languages include: Teodor, Todor, Tudor, Todo. The feminine form of the name is Božidarka.
Notable people with the name Božidar include:
* Božidar "Boki" Milošević (1931–2018), Serbian clarinetist * Božidar "Boško" Antić (1944–2007), Bosnian Serb footballer * Bozidar Brazda (born 1972), Canadian artist, writer, and musician * Bozidar Cuk (born 1992), Montenegrin volleyball player * Bozidar Iskrenov (born 1962), Bulgarian footballer * Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav left-wing politician and journalist * Božidar Alić (1954–2020), Croatian actor * Božidar Antunović (born 1991), Serbian shot putter * Božidar Bandović (born 1969), Serbian football player and manager * Božidar Belojević (1928–1997), Yugoslav footballer * Božidar Beravs (born 1948), Slovenian ice hockey player * Božidar Bojović (1938–2021), Montenegrin chief physician and politician * Božidar Ćosić (born 1982), Serbian footballer * Božidar Ćosović (1916–1943), Yugoslav gendarmerie officer * Božidar Čačić (born 1972), Croatian footballer * Božidar Debenjak (born 1935), Slovenian Marxist philosopher, social theorist and translator * Božidar Delić (1956–2022), Yugoslav Army general, former vice president of Serbia * Božidar Đelić (born 1965), Serbian economist and politician * Božidar Ðorđević (born 1959), Yugoslav rower * Božidar Drenovac, (1922–2003), Serbian football player and manager * Božidar Đurašević (1933–2022), Serbian chess player * Božidar Đurašković (born 1924), Yugoslav middle distance runner * Božidar Đurković, (born 1972), Serbian footballer * Božidar Ferjančić (1929–1998), Serbian historian * Božidar Finka (1925–1999), Croatian linguist and lexicographer * Božidar Goraždanin ({{fl.}} 16th century), founder of the Goražde printing house * Božidar Grujović, pseudonym of Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), Serbian writer, jurist and educator * Božidar Ivanović (born 1946), Montenegrin Yugoslav chess grandmaster and politician * Božidar Jakac (1899–1989), Slovene painter * Božidar Janković, (1951–1993), Bosnian footballer * Božidar Janković (1849–1920), Serbian army general and commander * Božidar Jelovac (born 1987), Serbian footballer * Božidar Jović (born 1972), Croatian handball player * Božidar Kalmeta (born 1958), Croatian politician * Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999), Slovene composer * Božidar Karađorđević (1862–1908), Serbian artist and writer on art * Božidar Kavran (1913–1948), Croatian Ustaše war criminal * Božidar Kljajević (born 1953) is a Serbian historian, geographer and ethnologist * Božidar Knežević (born 1862), Serbian philosopher * Božidar Kolaković (1929–2010), Serbian footballer * Božidar Kunc (1903–1964), Croatian composer and pianist * Božidar Leiner (1919–1942), Croatian communist and Partisan * Božidar Leković (born 1991), Montenegrin handball player * Božidar Liščić (1929–2020), Croatian engineer * Božidar Magovac (1908–1955), Croatian journalist and politician * Božidar Maksimović (1886–1969), Serbian lawyer and politician * Božidar Maljković (born 1952), Serbian basketball coach * Božidar Matić (1937–2016), Bosnian politician and academic * Božidar Milenković (1954–2020), Serbian footballer * Božidar Milojković (born 1952), Serbian cartoonist and comic book artist * Božidar Munćan (1925–1990), Serbian basketball player * Božidar Nikolić (1942–2021), Serbian film director and screenwriter * Božidar Orešković (1942–2010), Croatian actor * Božidar Pavićević (1932–2004), Serbian actor * Božidar Pešić (born 1952), Serbian basketball player * Božidar Peter (1938–2012), former Croatian handball player * Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), Serbian author, scholar, journalist, historian of Serbian literature * Božidar Prokić (1859–1922), Serbian historian * Božidar Puretić (1921–1971), Croatian physician * Božidar Purić (1891–1977), Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat * Božidar Radošević (born 1989), Croatian footballer * Božidar Rašica (1912–1992), Yugoslav architect, scenographer and painter * Božidar Sandić (1922–2008), Serbian footballer * Božidar Senčar (1927–1987), Croatian footballer * Božidar Širola (1889–1956), Croatian composer and musicologist * Božidar Smiljanić (1936–2018), Croatian actor * Božidar Špišić (1879–1957), Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb * Božidar Stanišić (1936–2014), Montenegrin water polo player * Božidar Tadić (born 1983), Serbian footballer * Božidar Urošević (born 1975), Serbian footballer * Božidar Vidoeski (1920–1998), Macedonian linguist * Božidar Vučićević (born 1998), Serbian volleyball player * Božidar Vuković (1466–1540), one of the first printers of Serbian books * Božidar Zečević (born 1948), Serbian film historian
==See also== * {{intitle|Bozidar}} * Edmund Bogdanowicz, pseudonym ''Bożydar'' * Bozhidar * Slavic names
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