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![]() | 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 |