Bogdanoff Family History

Alternative spelling of Russian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian Bogdanov, a patronymic from the personal name Bogdan meaning ‘gift of God’. Among the Orthodox it was sometimes used to denote an illegitimate child or foundling. Jewish (from Belarus): habitational name for someone from any of the various places in Belarus called Bogdanovo or Bogdany.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press