Borys

  • [ BAW-ris (Polish) ]
  • Polish, Ukrainian
Polish and Ukrainian form of BORIS.

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.
EQUIVALENTS
BULGARIAN: Boris
CROATIAN: Boris
GEORGIAN: Boris
GERMAN: Boris
HISTORY: Boris
MACEDONIAN: Boris
MEDIEVAL SLAVIC: Borisu
POLISH: Borys
RUSSIAN: Boris
SERBIAN: Boris
SLOVENE: Boris
UKRAINIAN: Borys
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CROATIAN: Boro
RUSSIAN: Borya
SLOVENE: Bor, Borut
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Porsche