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Bohumil
Say it: BOH-hoo-mil
Meaning
From Slavic bog 'god' and mil 'dear': 'dear to God'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A favourite of the Czech National Revival, rare now.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 56 babies given this name since 1908
- At its height in 1908, about 1 in 30,900 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Polish | Bogumił |
|---|---|
| Slovak | Bohumil |
Famous bearers
- Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.