BORIS male Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian, German, History From the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf" or "snow leopard". It was borne by the 9th-century king Boris I of Bulgaria who converted his country to Christianity, as well as two later Bulgarian emperors. The name was popularized in the Slavic world due to the 11th-century Saint Boris, who was a Russian prince martyred with his brother Gleb. His mother may have been Bulgarian. Another famous bearer was the 16th-century Russian emperor Boris Godunov, later the subject of a play of that name by Aleksandr Pushkin. |
FULL FORMS |
CROATIAN: Boris, Borislav |
SERBIAN: Borislav |
EQUIVALENTS |
BULGARIAN: Boris, Borislav |
CROATIAN: Boro |
GEORGIAN: Boris |
GERMAN: Boris |
HISTORY: Boris |
MACEDONIAN: Boris |
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Borislav, Borisu |
POLISH: Borys |
RUSSIAN: Boris, Borislav, Borya |
SERBIAN: Boro |
SLOVENE: Bor, Boris, Borislav, Borut |
UKRAINIAN: Borys |
FEMININE FORMS |
BULGARIAN: Borislava |
RUSSIAN: Borislava |
SERBIAN: Borislava |
OTHER FORMS |
ENGLISH: Porsche |