Božidar (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian Cyrillic: Божидар, Polish: Bożydar, sometimes transliterated as Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic given name meaning "Divine gift". The name is a calque of the Greek name Theodoros. Direct cognates of the latter and of Božidar in the (South) Slavic languages include: Teodor, Todor, Tudor, Todo. The feminine form of the name is Božidarka. People with the name Božidar include:
- Božidar Adžija (1890–1941), Yugoslav left-wing politician and journalist
- Božidar "Boško" Antić (1944–2007), Bosnian Serb striker
- Božidar Antunović (born 1991), Serbian shot putter
- Božidar Bandović (born 1969), Serbian football manager and former player
- Božidar Beravs (born 1948), Slovenian ice hockey player
- Bozidar Brazda (born 1972), artist, writer, and musician
- Božidar Čačić (born 1972), Croatian retired football defender
- Božidar Ćosić (born 1982), Serbian professional footballer
- Božidar Debenjak (born 1935), Slovenian Marxist philosopher, social theorist and translator
- Božidar Delić (1956–2022), retired Yugoslav Army general, former vice president of Serbia
- Božidar Đelić (born 1965), Serbian economist and politician
- Božidar Drenovac, (1922–2003), Serbian football player and manager
- Božidar Đurašković (born 1924), Yugoslav former middle distance runner
- Božidar Đurković, (born 1972), retired Serbian football player
- Božidar Ferjančić (1929–1998), Serbian historian
- Božidar Finka (1925–1999), Croatian linguist and lexicographer
- Božidar Grujović, pseudonym of Teodor Filipović (1778–1807), Serbian writer, jurist and educator
- Bozidar Iskrenov (born 1962), former Bulgarian footballer
- Božidar Ivanović (born 1946), Montenegrin Yugoslav chess grandmaster and politician
- Božidar Jakac (1899–1989), Slovene Expressionist, Realist and Symbolist painter
- Božidar Janković (1849–1920), the Commander of the Serbian Third Army
- Božidar Jelovac (born 1987), Serbian football forward
- Božidar Jović (born 1972), retired Croatian handball player
- Božidar Kalmeta (born 1958), Croatian politician
- Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999), Slovene composer
- Prince Božidar Karađorđević (1862–1908), Serbian artist and writer on art
- Božidar Kavran (1913–1948), Croatian Ustaše war criminal
- Božidar Leiner (1919–1942), Croatian communist and Partisan
- Božidar Maljković (born 1952), Serbian professional basketball coach
- Božidar Matić (1937–2016), president of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Božidar "Boki" Milošević (1931–2018), Serbian clarinetist
- Božidar Petranović (1809–1874), Serbian author, scholar, journalist, historian of Serbian literature
- Božidar Purić (1891–1977), Serbian and Yugoslav politician and diplomat
- Božidar Radošević (born 1989), Croatian footballer
- Božidar Rašica (1912–1992), architect, scenographer and painter
- Božidar Sandić (1922–2008), Serbian football player
- Božidar Senčar (1927–1987), Croatian football midfielder
- Božidar Širola (1889–1956), Croatian composer and musicologist
- Božidar Špišić (1879–1957), Croatian orthopedist and rector of the University of Zagreb
- Božidar Tadić (born 1983), Serbian footballer
- Božidar Urošević (born 1975), Serbian professional football player
- Božidar Vuković (1466–1540), one of the first printers of Serb books
See also
edit- Edmund Bogdanowicz, pseudonym Bozydar
- Slavic names
- Bozar (disambiguation)
- Bozdar
- Bozhidar