Prodan

Prodan (Bulgarian and Croatian: Продан) is a South Slavic (Bulgarian, Serbian and Croatian) masculine given name, itself a passive adjective (prodan) from Slavic prodati–"to sell", hence meaning "sold". It is attested in Bulgarian and Croatian society since the Middle Ages. It is apotropaic (protective), found in Serbian naming culture along with popular names such as Vuk, Nenad, Staniša and others. Some adopted children were historically also given that byname. Variants and diminutives of the name found in Serbian culture include Prodanac (Проданац), Prodanko (Проданко), Proka (Прока), Proko (Проко), Prokašin (Прокашин), Prole (Проле), Proca (Проца), Proša (Проша), Projo (Пројо), and others. Variants and diminutives of the name found in Bulgarian culture include Prode (Проде), Prodyo (Продьо), Prodiyo (Продю), Prodanko (Проданко), Proyko (Пройко), Proye (Пройе), Proyo (Пройо), and others. The patronymic surnames Prodanić, Prodanov and Prodanović are derived from the name.

In Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Italy, Romania and Moldova Prodan (Russian and Ukrainian: Продан) is found as a surname.

Given name

 * Hadži-Prodan Gligorijević (1760–1825), Serbian revolutionary
 * Prodan Rupar (1815–1877), Herzegovinian Serb rebel
 * Prodan Tishkov "Chardafon" (1860–1906), Bulgarian military
 * Prodan Georgiev (1904–?), Bulgarian cyclist
 * Prodan Gardzhev (1936–2003), Bulgarian Olympic wrestler

Surname

 * Yuriy Prodan (born 1959), Ukrainian politician
 * Vasyl Prodan (born 1972), Acting Mayor of Chernivtsi city, businessman, philanthropist
 * Oksana Prodan (born 1974), Ukrainian politician, Parliament member
 * Daniel Prodan (1972–2016), Romanian footballer
 * Gino Prodan (born 1952), Croatian footballer
 * Ion Prodan (footballer) (born 1992), Moldovan footballer
 * Dănuț Prodan (born 1985), Romanian footballer
 * Luca Prodan (1953–1987), Italian-Argentine musician
 * Ciprian Prodan (born 1979), Romanian footballer
 * Andrea Prodan (born 1961), Scottish-Italian film actor, composer and musician
 * (born 1950), badminton player