Bohumil

Bohumil is a Slavic male given name. It means "favoured by God" from the Slavic elements bog (god) and mil (favour). Nicknames are Bob, Bobby, Bohouš, Bohoušek, Bohuš, Mila, Milek, Bogie, Boga, Bozha. Other forms are Bogumił, Bogomil, Bogolyub. Feminine versions are 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

Notable bearers

• Bogumilus (1135?–1204?), Archbishop of Gniezno and hermit
• Bohumil Brhel (born 1965), Czech speedway rider
• Bohumil Cepák (1951–2021), Czech former handball player
• Bohumil Doležal (born 1940), Czech literary critic, politician and former dissident
• Bohumil Durdis (1903–1983), Czech weightlifter
• Bohumil Golián (1931–2012), Slovak former volleyball player
• Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997), Czech writer
• Bohumil Janoušek (born 1937), Czech rower
• Bohumil Kafka (1878–1942), Czech sculptor and pedagogue
• Bogumił Kobiela (1931–1969), Polish film actor
• Bohumil Kubišta (1884–1918), Czech painter and art critic
• Bohumil Kučera (1874–1921), Czech physicist
• Bohumil Kudrna (1920–1991), Czechoslovak flatwater canoer
• Bohumil Laušman (1903–1963), Czech politician
• Bohumil Makovsky (1878–1950), American band leader from Austro-Hungary
• Bohumil Mathesius (1888–1952), Czech poet, translator, publicist and literary scientist
• Bohumil Modrý (1916–1963), Czech ice hockey goaltender
• Bohumil Mořkovský (1899–1928), Czech gymnast
• Bohumil Müller (1915–1987), Jehovah's Witnesses religious leader in Czechoslovakia during and after World War II
• Bohumil Němeček (1938–2010), Czechoslovak welterweight boxer
• Bohumil Shimek (1861–1937), American naturalist, conservationist and professor
• Bohumil Staša (1944–2019), Czech former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
• Bohumil Veselý (born 1945), Czech footballer

See also

• Slavic names
• Bogomil (name)
• Bogomilism

External links

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