Male Bulgarian Names

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1. ALEKSANDAR (Александар): Bulgarian form of Greek Alexandros, meaning "defender of men."
2. ANDON: Bulgarian form of Latin Antonius, possibly meaning "invaluable." 
3. ANDREY: Bulgarian form of Greek Andreas, meaning "man; warrior."
4. ANDRIAN (Андриа́н): Bulgarian form of Greek Andreas, meaning "man; warrior."

5. ANTON (Антон): Bulgarian form of Greek Antonios, possibly meaning "invaluable." Compare with other forms of Anton.

6. ANTONI (Антони): Bulgarian form of Greek Antonios, possibly meaning "invaluable." Compare with another form of Antoni.

7. ANZHELO (Анжело): Bulgarian form of Greek Angelos, meaning "angel, messenger."

8. APOSTOL (Russian: Апостол): Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Greek Apostolos, meaning "apostle; messenger."

9. ASEN (Асен): Bulgarian name of Cuman Turkic origin, derived from the element esen, meaning "healthy, safe, sound."

10. ATANAS: Bulgarian form of Greek Athanasios, meaning "immortal."

11. BAGATYR (Багатур): Bulgarian form of Mongolian Baghatur, meaning "hero" or "warrior."

12. BOGDAN (Богдан): Slavic name composed of the elements bog "god" and dan "gift," hence "gift from God." In use by the Bulgarians.

13. BOGOMIL (Богомил): Bulgarian form of Slavic Bogumil, meaning "God-favor."

14. BOIKO (Бойко): Variant spelling of Bulgarian Boyko, meaning "inhabitant of western Ukraine." 

15. BOJIDAR: Variant spelling of Bulgarian Bozhidar, meaning "divine gift."

16. BORISLAV (Борислав): Slavic name composed of the elements bor- "battle" and slav "glory," hence "battle glory." In use by the Bulgarians and Russians.

17. BOYAN (Боян): Bulgarian form of Slavic Boian, meaning "warrior."

18. BOYKO (Бойко): Bulgarian name which ultimately derives from the ethnic name of a group of Ukrainian Montagnards of the Carpathian highlands, meaning "inhabitant of western Ukraine." 

19. BOZHIDAR (Божидар): Bulgarian form of Slavic Bozidar, meaning "divine gift."

20. BRANIMIR (Бранимир): Bulgarian name composed of the Slavic elements bron "protection" and mir "peace," hence "protector of peace." Also in use by the Croatians and Slovenians.

21. CHAVDAR (Чавдар): Bulgarian name of Persian origin, meaning "leader."

22. DAMYAN (Дамян): Bulgarian form of Greek Damianos, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

23. DANAIL (Данаил): Bulgarian form of Hebrew Daniyel, meaning "God is my judge."

24. DESISLAV (Десислав): Bulgarian name of uncertain derivation. The first element may be related to PIE *dis- "apart, divided." The second is Slavic slav, meaning "glory," hence possibly "divided glory." 

25. DIMITAR (Димитър): Bulgarian form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth" or "follower of Demeter."

26. GAVRAIL (Гавраил): Bulgarian form of Greek Gabriēl, meaning "man of God" or "warrior of God."

27. GAVRIL (Bulgarian: Гаврил): Bulgarian and Romanian form of Greek Gabriēl, meaning "man of God" or "warrior of God."

28. GEORGI (Георги): Bulgarian form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."

29. HRISTO (Христо): Bulgarian form of Greek Christophoros, meaning "Christ-bearer." 

30. ILIA (Илия): Variant spelling of Bulgarian Iliya, both meaning "the Lord is my God." Compare with another form of Ilia.

31. ILIJA (Илия): Variant spelling of Bulgarian Iliya, meaning "the Lord is my God." Compare with another form of Ilija.
32. ILIYA (Илия): Bulgarian form of Greek Elias, meaning "the Lord is my God." 
33. IORDAN: Variant spelling of Bulgarian Yordan, meaning "flowing down."
34. IVAILO (Ивайло): Bulgarian name, possibly meaning "wolf." 
35. IVAYLO (Ивайло): Variant spelling of Bulgarian Ivailo, possibly meaning "wolf."
36. KALOYAN: Bulgarian name derived from Greek kalos Ioannes, meaning "handsome John."
37. KARLIMAN: Bulgarian form of German Carloman, meaning "man."
38. KIRIL: Bulgarian and Macedonian form of English Cyril, meaning "lord."
39. KRASIMIR (Красимир): Bulgarian name composed of the Slavic elements kras "beauty" and mir "peace," hence "beautiful peace."
40. KRASTIO: Variant spelling of Bulgarian Krastyo, meaning "cross."
41. KRASTYO (Кръстьо): Bulgarian name derived from the word krast, meaning "cross."
42. LUBEN: Contracted form of Bulgarian Lyuben, meaning "love."
43. LYUBEN (Любен): Bulgarian name derived from the Slavic word lub, meaning "love."
44. LYUBOMIR (Любомир): Bulgarian form of Polish Lubomir, meaning "love's peace."
45. LYUDMIL (Людмил): Bulgarian form of Slavic Ludmil, meaning "people's favor."
46. MARKO: Serbian and Slovene form of Greek Markos, meaning "defense" or "of the sea." Also in use by the Bulgarians, Dutch, Finnish, Germans and the Romani. Compare with another form of Marko.
47. MECHO (Мечо): Bulgarian pet name meaning "teddy bear."
48. MOMCHIL (Момчил): Bulgarian name derived from the word momche, meaning "boy, youth."
49. NIKIFOR (Cyrillic: Никифор): Bulgarian, Polish and Russian masculine form of Greek unisex Nikephoros, meaning "victory-bearer."
50. NIKOLA (Cyrillic: Никола): A derivative of Greek Nikolaos, meaning "victor of the people." In wide use throughout Europe: Basque Country, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Russia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia.

51. OGNIAN: Variant spelling of Bulgarian Ognyan, meaning "fire."

52. OGNYAN: Bulgarian name derived from the word ognen, meaning "fire."

53. PENKO: Bulgarian pet form of Bulgarian/Croatian Petar, meaning "rock, stone."

54. PETAR (Петър): Bulgarian and Croatian form of Greek Petros, meaning "rock, stone."

55. PLAMEN (Пламен): Bulgarian name derived from Slavic plam, meaning "fire, flame."

56. RADKO: Bulgarian form of Serbian Ratko, meaning "happy."

57. SAMUIL (Самуил): Bulgarian and Russian form of Greek Samouel, meaning "heard of God," "his name is El," or "name of God."

58. SAVA: Bulgarian and Serbian form of Spanish Sabas, meaning "old man." Compare with other forms of Sava.
59. SPAS (Спас): Bulgarian name meaning "saved."
60. STANIMIR (Станимир): Bulgarian name composed of the Slavic elements stan "government" and mir "peace," hence "peaceful government."
61. STANISLAV (Станислав): Slavic name composed of the elements stan "government" and slav "glory," hence "glorious government." In use by the Bulgarians, Czechs, Croatians, Russians, Serbians, Slovaks, Slovenes, and Ukrainians.
62. STOYAN (Стоян): Bulgarian name meaning "stand, stay."
63. TIHOMIR (Bulgarian: Тихомир): Bulgarian, Croatian and Serbian name meaning "peace."
64. TIMOTEI: Bulgarian form of Greek Timotheos, meaning "to honor God."
65. TODOR (Bulgarian: Тодор): Basque and Bulgarian form of Greek Theodoros, meaning "gift of God."
66. TOMA (Тома): Bulgarian and Russian form of Greek Thōmas (Aramaic Tau'ma), meaning "twin." Compare with feminine Toma.
67. TSVETAN (Цветан): Bulgarian name meaning "flower."
68. VASIL (Васил): Bulgarian form of English Basil, meaning "king." 
69. VENTSISLAV (Венцислав): Bulgarian name composed of the Slavic elements ventie "more" and slav "glory," hence "more glory." 
70. VIKTOR (Cyrillic: Виктор): Slavic form of Roman Latin Victor, meaning "conqueror." In use by the Bulgarians, Russians and Serbians. Compare with another form of Viktor.
71. VLADIMIR (Cyrillic: Влади́мир): Slavic name composed of the elements volod "to rule" and mir "peace," hence "peaceful ruler." In use by the Bulgarians, Croatians, Russians and Serbians.
72. VLADISLAV (Cyrillic: Владислав): Slavic name composed of the elements vlado "to rule" and slav "glory," hence "rules with glory." In use by the Bulgarians, Russians and Serbians.
73. YAN (Ян): Bulgarian form of Greek Ioannes, meaning "God is gracious." Compare with another form of Yan.
74. YANKO (Янко): Pet form of Bulgarian Yan, meaning "God is gracious."
75. YOAN (Йоан): Bulgarian form of Latin Johannes, meaning "God is gracious."
76. YORDAN (Йордан): Bulgarian form of Hebrew Yarden, meaning "flowing down."
77. YOSIF (Йосиф): Bulgarian form of Hebrew Yowceph, meaning "(God) shall add (another son)." 
78. ZAHARI (Захари): Bulgarian form of Greek Zacharias (Hebrew Zekaryah), meaning "whom Jehovah remembered."
79. ZHIVKO (Живко): Bulgarian name meaning "alive." 

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