Bogdanoff's on east coast
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Re: Bogdanoff's on east coast
 Jillaine_Smith
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Posted: 23 Aug 2005 1:53AM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: Bogdan, Bogdonoff, Bogdanoff
Eileen,
One more thing about the name Bogdonoff or Bogdanoff (with or without a "v").... Another tradition that I have heard about this name is that it (Bogdan) was also given to illegitimate children and foundlings, and that it translates to "God-given child."
Now that I think about it, it would not surprise me if another reason Jews would take this as a surname was because they considered themselves God's chosen people.
(God-given, God-chosen...?)
It's a theory...
One more thing about the name Bogdonoff or Bogdanoff (with or without a "v").... Another tradition that I have heard about this name is that it (Bogdan) was also given to illegitimate children and foundlings, and that it translates to "God-given child."
Now that I think about it, it would not surprise me if another reason Jews would take this as a surname was because they considered themselves God's chosen people.
(God-given, God-chosen...?)
It's a theory...