Croatian Heraldry

By Adam S. Eterovich

BOZIC----BOZICH

Bozic means Christmas in Croatian and Bozo is a Croatian first name meaning Chris or Christian. The American clan used Bozic or Bozich. Bozicevic and Bozickovic are also common in Croatia. Bozic is very numerous and found from Slavonia, Istria to Dalmatia. There are 1000’s all over Croatia, most can be found in Cvrljevo, Drnis, Dalmatia.

The Clan centers are located at Basara, Bozici, Brest, Donji Hrastovac, Hum, Kastel Stari, Kolaric, Koprivna, Kutina, Lipovac, Obljaj Mali, Osijek, Raspor, Rijeka, Tordinci, Zagreb and Zvecanje.

Marko, Silvester and Anton Bozic were granted Arms in 1793. This clan was from the Vukovar district. Arms also were granted in 1843 to Nikola Bozic by King Ferdinand in Vienna. He was a Husar in the military. Arms are registered in the Zagreb Archives.

COLOR CODE: Red-verticle lines; Blue-horizontal lines; Green-lines slanted left; Purple-lines slanted right; Gold-dots; Silver-white; Black-black.

Martin, Rudolph, Andrew, Antonio, John, Joseph and Michael Bozich were in California in the 1890’s, most with restaurants.

Courtesy of the Croatian Genealogical and Heraldic Society, 2527 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, California, 94070. croatians@aol.com; Web www.croatians.com. Adam S. Eterovich.