Given name & surname
Borys
“a warrior; having battle glory”
In English use, Borys has a related form in Boris. One Slavic interpretation is “a warrior; having battle glory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Borys has a related form in Boris. One Slavic interpretation is “a warrior; having battle glory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Borys has a related form in Boris. An origin associated with Boris is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Borys has a related form in 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Borys through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1961. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 439 as a first name in 2020; 880 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Borys’s family of names
In Polish usage, Borys has a diminutive in Borysek. In English usage, Borys shares a linguistic root with the Belarusian form Барыс. In English usage, Borys has a related form in Boris.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Borys has relatives in 14 languages.
8 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Borys
- Borys LyatoshynskyUkrainian composer, conductor, teacher (1894–1968)
- Borys PatonSoviet and Ukrainian scientist (1918–2020)
- Boris ShcherbinaSoviet politician (1919–1990), vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Borys GudziakArchbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Churchborn 1960
- Boris Onishchenkomodern pentathleteborn 1937
- Borys VozniukSoviet and Ukrainian actorborn 1943
- Borys OliynykUkrainian writer and politician (1935–2017)
- Borys Antonenko-DavydovychUkrainian writer (1899-1984)
- Borys TarasyukUkrainian politicianborn 1949
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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