Given name
Bořivoj
“to defend”·“warrior”
Bořivoj is a masculine given name. It is used in Czech.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bořivoj is built from elements meaning “to defend” and “warrior” and “warrior”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Its Slavonic formation brings together borit (“to fight”) and voi (“warrior”).
Bořivoj’s family of names
Bořivoj has an affectionate form in Bora. Bořivoj has an affectionate form in Borik. Bořivoj has an affectionate form in Bořek.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bořivoj
- Bořivoj I of BohemiaDuke of Bohemia (9th century)852–888
- Bořivoj II, Duke of BohemiaDuke of Bohemia1064–1124
- Bořivoj ZemanCzech director and scriptwriter1912–1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Budzisław
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Bronisław
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Sibling ideas
Names that share Bořivoj’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A brother for Bořivoj