Bojan
[ˈbɔɪ.jən]Meaning
From Slavic boj, "battle"; the -an ending is a common Slavic name suffix.
Background Story
Bojan is a Slavic given name derived from the Slavic noun boj, meaning "battle", with the suffix -an. The Serbo-Croatian form is first attested in the 11th century, and the name was borne by a 9th-century Bulgarian saint and martyr, also called Enravota, a son of the Bulgarian khan Omurtag. It is recorded among Serbs, Bulgarians, Czechs, Poles, Croats, Slovenians, Macedonians, Ukrainians and Russians, and its feminine variant is Bojana.
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