Prodan ( Bulgarian and Croatian: Продан) is a South Slavic (Bulgarian, Serbian and Croatian) masculine given name, itself a passive

adjective An adjective (abbreviations, abbreviated ) is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase. Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun. Traditionally, adjectives are considered one of the main part of speech, parts of ...

('' prodan'') from Slavic '' prodati''–"to sell", hence meaning "sold". It is attested in

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

n and

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n society since the Middle Ages. It is apotropaic (protective), found in Serbian naming culture along with popular names such as

Vuk VUK or Vuk may refer to: *Vuk (name), South Slavic given name ** Vuk, Ban of Bosnia (), a member of the Kotromanić dynasty ** Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), Serbian language reformer and folklorist, often referred to simply as Vuk * ''Vuk'' (film) ...

Nenad Nenad (; Cyrillic script: Ненад) is a masculine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differ ...

Staniša Staniša ( sr-cyr, Станиша) is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from Slavic root ''stan'' and suffix ''-iša''. It was traditionally given as an Apotropaic magic, apotropaic (protective) name, when children often died, or when many chi ...

and others. Some adopted children were historically also given that byname. Variants and diminutives of the name found in Serbian culture include ''Prodanac'' (), ''Prodanko'' (), ''Proka'' (), ''Proko'' (), ''Prokašin'' (), ''Prole'' (), ''Proca'' (), ''Proša'' (), ''Projo'' (), and others. Variants and diminutives of the name found in Bulgarian culture include ''Prode'' (), ''Prodyo'' (), ''Prodiyo'' (), ''Prodanko'' (), ''Proyko'' (), ''Proye'' (), ''Proyo'' (), and others. The

patronymic surname A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based o ...

s Prodanić, Prodanov and Prodanović are derived from the name. In Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Italy, Romania and Moldova Prodan (

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

and Ukrainian: Продан) is found as a surname.

People

Given name

Prodan Gardzhev Prodan Stoyanov Gardzhev (, 8 April 1936 – 5 July 2003) was a Bulgarian middleweight freestyle wrestler. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1964 and a bronze in 1968. Gardzhev held the world title in 1963 a ...

(1936–2003), Bulgarian Olympic wrestler *

Prodan Georgiev Prodan Georgiev (, born 1904, date of death unknown) was a Bulgarian cyclist. He competed in the 50km event at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Par ...

(1904–?), Bulgarian cyclist * Prodan Rupar (1815–1877), Herzegovinian Serb rebel * Prodan Tishkov (1860–1906), aka "

Chardafon Chardafon (), born Prodan Tishkov (Продан Тишков; 1860 in Gabrovo22 November 1906), was a Bulgarian revolutionary. Chardafon took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 as a volunteer. After Liberation of Bulgaria, the liberation, ...

", Bulgarian revolutionary and cavalry officer

Surname

* (born 1950), badminton player *

Andrea Prodan Andrea Prodan (born 16 November 1961) is an Italian film actor, composer and musician. He is the younger brother of rock star Luca Prodan, notable for his musical career in Argentina, leading the rock band Sumo. Biography The Prodan family, ...

(born 1961), Scottish-Italian film actor, composer and musician *

Ciprian Prodan Ciprian Cornel Prodan (born 28 April 1979 in Satu Mare, Satu Mare County) is a Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the nor ...

(born 1979), Romanian footballer *

Daniel Prodan Daniel "Didi" Claudiu Prodan (23 March 1972 – 16 November 2016) was a Romanian professional association football, footballer who played mainly as a centre-back. In a career marred by injuries, he played mainly for FC Steaua București, Steaua ...

(1972–2016), Romanian footballer *

Dănuț Prodan Dănuţ Tănăsel Prodan (born 13 January 1985) is a Romanian former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, America ...

(born 1985), Romanian footballer *

Gino Prodan Gino may refer to: * Gino (given name) * Gino (surname) * ''Gino'' (film), a 1993 Australian film See also * *Geno (disambiguation) *Gino's (disambiguation), various restaurants and fast-food chains *Gina (disambiguation) Gina or GINA may refe ...

(born 1952), Croatian footballer * Ion Prodan (footballer) (born 1992), Moldovan footballer *

Luca Prodan Luca George Prodan (17 May 1953–22 December 1987) was an Italian- Scottish musician and singer, best known as lead vocalist of the influential Argentine alternative rock band Sumo. He is widely considered one of the country's most important art ...

(1953–1987), Italian-Argentine musician *

Oksana Prodan Oksana Prodan (born 16 April 1974) is an Advisor to the Chairman of the Association of Cities of Ukraine, in 2020 Head of the Election Headquarters of Vitaliy Klychka, Member of Ukrainian Parliament of the VII and VIII convocations of the Ver ...

(born 1974), Ukrainian politician *

Vasyl Prodan Vasyl Prodan (; born 15 March 1988) is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who currently plays for FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv in the Ukrainian First League. Prodan is a product of the Odessa ODESSA is an American codename (from the Ger ...

(born 1972), acting mayor of Chernivtsi city, businessman, philanthropist * Yuriy Prodan (born 1959), Ukrainian politician

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