Борис

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic Борисъ (Borisŭ). Ultimately with unclear Bulgar origin, and with unknown meaning. Borne by Boris I of Bulgaria.

• IPA^(key): [boˈris]

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Бори́с • (Borís) m

1. a male given name, Boris, feminine equivalent Бори́са (Borísa), equivalent to English Boris

• (Diminutives) Боби (Bobi), Борко (Borko)
• (Surname) Бори́сов (Borísov)

• Илчев, Стефан (1969) “Борѝс”, in Речник на личните и фамилни имена у българите [Dictionary of Bulgarian Personal and Family Names] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 84

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔɾis]

Борис • (Boris) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Boris

• Бори́съ (Borís) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Борисъ (Borisŭ), the name of Boris I of Bulgaria, from Bulgar (Byzantine Greek Βόγορις (Bógoris)).

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈrʲis]

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Бори́с • (Borís) m anim (genitive Бори́са, nominative plural Бори́сы, genitive plural Бори́сов)

1. a male given name, Boris, equivalent to English Boris
   • 1869, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Том 2, Часть вторая, VII”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:

     Бори́с осторо́жно улыбну́лся так, что его́ улы́бка могла́ быть отнесена́ к насме́шке и́ли к одобре́нию шу́тки, смотря́ по тому́, как она́ бу́дет принята́.

     Borís ostoróžno ulybnúlsja tak, što jevó ulýbka moglá bytʹ otnesená k nasméške íli k odobréniju šútki, smotrjá po tomú, kak oná búdet prinjatá.

     Boris smiled circumspectly, so that it might be taken as ironical or appreciative according to the way the joke was received.

• (Diminutives) Бо́ря (Bórja), Бо́ба (Bóba), Боб (Bob), Борю́ля (Borjúlja), Бору́ля (Borúlja), Борю́ня (Borjúnja), Борю́ся (Borjúsja), Борю́ха (Borjúxa), Борю́ша (Borjúša), Боря́ха (Borjáxa), Боря́ша (Borjáša)
• (Endearing forms) Бо́ренька (Bórenʹka), Бо́речка (Bórečka)
• (Pejorative forms) Бори́ска (Boríska), Бо́рька (Bórʹka)
• (Patronymics) Бори́сович (Borísovič)/Борисы́ч (Borisýč), Бори́совна (Borísovna)/Бори́сна (Borísna)
• (Surnames) Бори́сов (Borísov)

Transliterations

• English: Boris
• Estonian: Boris
• Latvian: Boriss
• Chinese: 鮑里斯 (Bàolǐsī)

• IPA^(key): /bôːris/
• Hyphenation: Бо‧рис

Бо̑рис m anim (Latin spelling Bȏris)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Boris

• (obsolete) Борі́съ (Borís), Вори́с (Vorýs), Борисъ (Borys), Бо́риса (Bórysa)

From Old East Slavic Борисъ (Borisŭ), and ultimately from Old Church Slavonic Борисъ (Borisŭ), from which came also Bulgarian Борис (Boris) or Богорис (Bogoris), after Boris I of Bulgaria (852–889), who adopted Christianity. Another theory derives the name from the abbreviation of Old Church Slavonic Бориславъ (Borislavŭ) – compare Ukrainian Бори́сла́в (Borýsláv).

Surname derives from the given name.

• IPA^(key): [bɔˈrɪs]

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Бори́с • (Borýs) m pers (genitive Бори́са, nominative plural Бори́си, genitive plural Бори́сів)

1. a male given name, Borys, equivalent to English Boris

• (diminutive) Бори́сик (Borýsyk), Бори́ско (Borýsko), Бори́сьо (Borýsʹo), Бо́рко (Bórko), Бо́ря (Bórja)
• (patronymic) Бори́сівна (Borýsivna), Бори́сович (Borýsovyč)
• (dialectal) Бори́ло (Borýlo), Бо́рич (Bóryč)
• (surname) Бори́с (Borýs), Бори́сів (Borýsiv), Борисе́нко (Borysénko), Бори́ско (Borýsko), Борисове́ць (Borysovécʹ), Борисю́к (Borysjúk), Борися́к (Borysják), Борисоглі́бська (Borysohlíbsʹka), Бори́щенко (Borýščenko)
• (toponym) Бори́си (Borýsy), Бори́сковичі (Borýskovyči), Бори́сів (Borýsiv), Бори́сівка (Borýsivka), Бори́спіль (Borýspilʹ)

• English: Borys, Boris