Bohumil

Bohumil is a Slavic male given name. Means "favoured by God" from the Slavic elements bog god and mil favour. Pronounced baw-huw-MIL. Nicknames are Bob, Bobby, Bohouš, Bohoušek, Bohuš, Mila, Milek, Bogie, Boga, Bozha. Another forms are Bogumił, Bogomil, Bogolyub. Feminine version is Bohumila, Bogumiła, Bogumila and Bogomila.

Name Days[]

• Czech: 3 October
• Slovak: 3 March
• Polish: 13 January, 18 January, 26 February, 10 June or 3 November

Famous bearers[]

• Bogumilus, Archbishop of Gniezno and a Camaldolese monk
• Bohumil Makovsky, Czech American band leader
• Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer
• Bohumil Brhel, Czech speedway rider
• Bohumil Mořkovský, Czech gymnast
• Bohumil Kudrna, Czechoslovak flatwater canoer
• Bohumil Janoušek, Czech rower
• Bohumil Golián, Slovak former volleyball player
• Bohumil Němeček, Czechoslovak welterweight boxer
• Bohumil Kafka, Czech sculptor and pedagogue
• Bohumil Shimek, Naturalist, conservationist and professor
• Bohumil Mathesius, Czech poet, translator, publicist and literary scientist
• Bohumil Stasa, Former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Bohumil Modrý, Czech ice hockey player
• Bohumil Kubišta, Czech painter and art critic
• Bohumil Veselý, Czech footballer
• Bohumil Kučera, Czech physicist
• Bohumil Müller, An underground leader
• Bohumil Durdis, Czech weightlifter
• Bohumil Cepák, Czech former handball player
• Bohumil Doležal, Czech literary critic
• Bohumil Laušman, Czech social Democratic
• Bogumił Kobiela, Polish film actor
• Bohumila Kapplová, Czech Olympic canoer

See also[]

• Slavic names
• Bogomil (name)
• Bogomilism

External links[]

• Bohumil -> Behind the Name
• Bohumil -> E-Svatek

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