Prodan ( Bulgarian and

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

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

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

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 (protective) name, when children often died, or when many children were born. ...

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

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: Продан) is found as a surname.

People

Given name

Hadži-Prodan Prodan Gligorijević, known simply as Hadži-Prodan ( sr-cyr, Хаџи-Продан Глигоријевић; 1760 – 1825) was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander) in the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian Revolution, then the Greek ...

Gligorijević (1760–1825), Serbian revolutionary * Prodan Rupar (1815–1877), Herzegovinian Serb rebel *Prodan Tishkov "

Chardafon Chardafon ( bg, Чардафон), born Prodan Tishkov (Продан Тишков; 1860 in Gabrovo – 22 November 1906), was a Bulgarian revolutionary. Chardafon took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 as a volunteer. After the liberati ...

" (1860–1906), Bulgarian military * Prodan Georgiev (1904–?), Bulgarian cyclist *

Prodan Gardzhev Prodan Stoyanov Gardzhev ( bg, Продан Стоянов Гарджев, 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 i ...

(1936–2003), Bulgarian Olympic wrestler

Surname

Yuriy Prodan Yuri Vasylovych Prodan ( uk, Юрій Васильович Продан) is Ukrainian power engineer and politician. He has served as Minister of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of 18 December 2007 to 11 March 2010, and Minister of Energy and Coal Ind ...

(born 1959), Ukrainian politician *

Daniel Prodan Daniel Claudiu Prodan (23 March 1972 – 16 November 2016) was a Romanian footballer who played mainly as a central defender. In a career marred by injuries, he played mainly for Steaua București and represented the Romania national team in ...

(1972–2016), Romanian footballer * Ion Prodan (footballer) (born 1992), Moldovan footballer *

Dănuț Prodan Dănuţ Tănăsel Prodan (born 13 January 1985) is a Romanian former footballer. External links * 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Bacău Romanian footballers Association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players ...

(born 1985), Romanian footballer *

Luca Prodan Luca Prodan (17 May 1953 – 22 December 1987) was an Italian-Argentinian musician and singer who rose to fame as the leading vocalist of Sumo, one of the most influential rock bands of Argentina,''Argentina Independent''Lo de Luca: Homage to a R ...

(1953–1987), Italian-Argentine musician *

Ciprian Prodan Ciprian Cornel Prodan (born 28 April 1979 in Satu Mare, Satu Mare County) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker. His older brother, Daniel Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is ...

(born 1979), Romanian footballer *

Andrea Prodan Andrea Prodan (born 16 November 1961) is an Italian-Argentinian 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 Pro ...

(born 1961), Scottish-Italian film actor, composer and musician * (born 1950), badminton player

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