Prodan

Prodan
Origin
Serbian Revolutionary Hadži-Prodan
Gender	male
Language(s)	Croatian, Bulgarian
Word/name	Slavic prodati ("to sell")
Meaning	"sold", used as protective name
Region of origin	Balkans
Other names
Alternative spelling	Продан (in Cyrillic)

Prodan (Bulgarian and Croatian: Продан) is a South Slavic (Bulgarian,^[1] Serbian and Croatian^[2]) masculine given name, itself a passive adjective (prodan) from Slavic prodati–"to sell", hence meaning "sold".^[2] It is attested in Bulgarian^[1] and Croatian^[2] society since the Middle Ages. It is apotropaic (protective),^[2] found in Serbian naming culture along with popular names such as Vuk, Nenad, Staniša and others.^[3] Some adopted children were historically also given that byname.^[4] Variants and diminutives of the name found in Serbian culture include Prodanac (Проданац), Prodanko (Проданко), Proka (Прока), Proko (Проко), Prokašin (Прокашин), Prole (Проле), Proca (Проца), Proša (Проша), Projo (Пројо), and others.^[2] Variants and diminutives of the name found in Bulgarian culture include Prode (Проде), Prodyo (Продьо), Prodiyo (Продю), Prodanko (Проданко), Proyko (Пройко), Proye (Пройе), Proyo (Пройо), and others.^[1] The patronymic surnames Prodanić, Prodanov and Prodanović are derived from the name.

In Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova Prodan (Russian and Ukrainian: Продан) is found as a surname.

People

Given name

Hadži-Prodan Gligorijević (1760–1825), Serbian revolutionary
Prodan Rupar (1815–1877), Herzegovinian Serb rebel
Prodan Tishkov "Chardafon" (1860–1906), Bulgarian military
Prodan Georgiev (1904–?), Bulgarian cyclist
Prodan Gardzhev (1936–2003), Bulgarian Olympic wrestler

Surname

Yuriy Prodan (born 1959), Ukrainian politician
Vasyl Prodan (born 1972), Acting Mayor of Chernivtsi city, businessman, philanthropist ^[5]
Oksana Prodan (born 1974), Ukrainian politician, Parliament member
Daniel Prodan (1972–2016), Romanian footballer
Gino Prodan (born 1952), Croatian footballer
Ion Prodan (footballer) (born 1992), Moldovan footballer
Dănuț Prodan (born 1985), Romanian footballer
Luca Prodan (1953–1987), Italian-Argentine musician
Ciprian Prodan (born 1979), Romanian footballer
Andrea Prodan (born 1961), Scottish-Italian film actor, composer and musician
Alla Prodan [de] (born 1950), badminton player

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Gandev 1972, p. 268.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Grković 1977, p. 162.
^ Grković 1977.
^ Barjaktarović 1986, p. 164.
^ https://molbuk.ua/chernovtsy_news/203262-obovyazky-mera-chernivciv-znovu-vykonuye-vasyl-prodan.html

Sources

Gandev, Khristo (1972). Bŭlgarskata narodnost prez 15 [i.e. petnadeseti] vek: Demogr. i etnogr. izsledvane. Nauka i izkustvo.
Grković, Milica (1977). Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba. Belgrade: Vuk Karadžić.
Barjaktarović, Mirko (1986). Pantelić, Nikola (ed.). "O srodničkim nazivima". Гласник Етнографског музеја у Београду. 50. Belgrade: Etnografski muzej u Beogradu: 164.