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Boyan ((ブルガリア語:Боян)) is a Bulgarian and Slavic male given name. The short form of the name ''Boyan'' used in Bulgaria is ''Bobi'' or ''Bobby'' (Bulgarian: Боби). Its female equivalent is ''Boyana'' (Bulgarian: Бояна). In present days it is used as a given name in Bulgaria written as ''Boyan'' (Bulgarian: ''Боян''), and also in all countries of former Yugoslavia, mainly written as ''Bojan'' (Serbian: Бојан)/(Slovenian/Croatian: Bojan). The name is recorded in historical sources among the Bulgarians, Serbs, Czechs, Poles, and Russians. == Etymology == There is some discussion as to where the name ''Boyan'' comes from. It is generally accepted that it is derived from the word ''бой-'' (''boy-''), which means "battle", and the suffix ''-ан'' (''-an'') which is common in Bulgarian and Slavic names. Together, ''Boyan'' (''Боян'') means "warrior" or "fighter".〔〔 It is also considered as a possibility from the Turkic-Mongol word "Bayan" ((モンゴル語:Баян)) meaning ''rich, wealth'' (since the Proto-Bulgarians were semi-nomadic warrior tribes of Turkic extraction), of the khagan of Avars Bayan I (562-602), and of the Bulgars khan Batbayan (665–668);〔〔 from the name of Bohemia, the area of modern Czech Republic, in Serbian as Bojka (White Serbia), where lived the Celtic tribe Boii;〔〔 from the Celtic ''Bryan'' or ''Brian'' which shares spelling and meaning similarity.〔 Therefore, according to the Celtic origin of the name ''Bryan'' or ''Brian'', the Bulgarian and Slavic name ''Boyan'' or ''Bojan'' could have the meaning "strong" or "noble".〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boyan (given name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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