Given name & surname
Bor
“a warrior; having battle glory”
Bor is a diminutive of Boris. One Slavic interpretation is “a warrior; having battle glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bor is a diminutive of Boris. One Slavic interpretation is “a warrior; having battle glory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bor is a diminutive of Boris. An origin associated with Boris is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Slovenian usage, Bor is a diminutive of Boris.
The story
Bor is a diminutive of Boris. The history of Boris gives this family its wider story. Boris’s historical associations include a 10th-century Russian saint, son of Prince Vladimir of Kiev and brother of St Gleb.
Explained through its name family
Bor’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Bor is a diminutive of Boris. In Greek usage, Bor as a surname is a transliteration of Μπορ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Bor
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Bor, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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