Trdobojci (; Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 4: Štajersko. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 235.) is a settlement in the Haloze Hills in the Municipality of Videm in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.Videm municipal site It includes the hamlets of Spodnji Trdobojci () and Zgornji Trdobojci ().
Name Trdobojci was attested in written sources in 1440 as Terdowoycz. It is believed to be a plural demonym (via *Tvьrdobǫd-j-ьci) based on the Slavic personal name *Tvьrdobǫdъ, a clipped form of the older *Tvьrdobǫd-je (selo) 'Tvьrdobǫdъ's village'.Košmrlj, Maja. 1970. Dvočlenska antroponima v slovenskih krajevnih imenih. Onomastica Jugoslavica 2: 102–117.Torkar, Silvo. 2013. Dvočlenski slovanski antroponimi v slovenski toponimiji. Jezikoslovni zapiski 19(1): 111–128, p. 119. The first element of the compound name, tvьrd, means 'hard',Bezlaj, France. 2005. Etimološki slovar slovenskega jezika, vol. 4, Š–Ž. Ljubljana: Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti, p. 215, s.v. trd. and the second, bǫdъ, is an imperative of the verb biti;Snoj, Marko. 2009. Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen. Ljubljana: Modrijan and Založba ZRC, p. 66, s.v. Bodislavci. the name Tvьrdobǫdъ thus meant 'be hard'.
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Trdobojci include: Dejan Zavec (born 1976), IBF Welterweight ChampionČastni občani Občine Videm
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External links Trdobojci on Geopedia