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Борислав
“fight”·“glory”
Борислав (Borysláv) is a masculine given name. It is used in Ukrainian, Pannonian Rusyn, and Serbo-Croatian.
Bulgarian and Russian and Serbian and Serbo-Croatian and Ukrainian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Boryslav.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Борислав is built from elements meaning “fight” and “glory”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Борислав is Boryslav written in Cyrillic. Boryslav comes from Ukrainian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Built from Ukrainian бори́сь (“fight”) + -слав (“glory”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Борислав’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Борислав has a feminine form in Борислава. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Борислав can be written in the Roman alphabet as BORISLAV. In Ukrainian usage, Борислав can be written in the Roman alphabet as Borysláv.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Борислав has relatives in 4 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 11
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Борислав
- Borislav MihaylovBulgarian footballer (1963–2026)
- Boryslav BrondukovSoviet and Ukrainian actor (1938–2004)
- Boryslav BerezaUkrainian politicianborn 1974
- Borisav BurmazSerbian footballerborn 2001
- Borislav Devićretired Serbian track athlete and marathoner1963–2023
- Borislav Velikovpoliticianborn 1946
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