Family name origins & meanings
- Croatian and Serbian (Božić) : patronymic from Božo, short form of the personal name Božidar, meaning ‘gift from God’.
- Slovenian (Božič) and Croatian (Božić) : nickname for someone born between Christmas Day and Epiphany, or for someone who had some particular connection with the Christmas season, from božič ‘Christmas’, from a diminutive of Bog (in the sense ‘son of God’).