Given name
Boriss
“a warrior; having battle glory”
Boriss is a variant of Boris. One Slavic interpretation is “a warrior; having battle glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Boriss is a variant of Boris. One Slavic interpretation is “a warrior; having battle glory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Boriss is a variant of Boris. An origin associated with Boris is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Boriss is a variant 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
Boriss’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Boriss shares a linguistic root with the English form Boris. Boriss has a related form in Boris. In Latvian usage, Boriss has a conventional equivalent in the English form Boris.
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Boriss
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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