Boris

See also: boris, Bóris, boříš, bōris, and boŗīs

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian Бори́с (Borís).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒɹɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹɪs/
• (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹɪs/

• Audio (Australia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪs

Proper noun

Boris (plural Borises)

1. A male given name from the Slavic languages.

   Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019–2022)

   • 2000 January, Frank McCourt (interviewee), Morning Edition, National Public Radio

     It's not like a Russian novel, where you read nine hundred forty-three pages and then finally Boris the peasant decides to commit suicide, and you wish he’d done it on page four. It’s not like that at all.

   • 2023 March 14, Aaron Katersky, Soo Rin Kim, Laura Romero, “Federal prosecutors looking into Bannon-backed cryptocurrency $FJB, say sources”, in ABC News‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 March 2026:

     A cryptocurrency linked to former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon and Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn has caught the attention of federal prosecutors in New York, who have started looking into it, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

2. (slang) A person of Russian descent.

   Synonym: Ivan

Derived terms

• Boris bike
• Boris bounce
• Boris bus
• Borisian
• Borismania
• Boriswave

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: بُورِيس m (burīs)
• Armenian: Բորիս (Boris)
• Belarusian: Бары́с m (Barýs)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鮑里斯 (Bàolǐsī)

• Czech: Boris (cs)
• French: Boris (fr)
• Hungarian: Borisz (hu)
• Japanese: ボリス (Borisu)
• Latvian: Boriss m
• Polish: Borys (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bóris m
• Russian: Бори́с (ru) (Borís)
• Sami:

  Skolt Sami: Bååʹres

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бо̑рис m

  Latin: Bȏris m

• Slovak: Boris
• Slovene: Boris
• Spanish: Boris (es) m
• Ukrainian: Борис m (Borys)
• Yakut: Борис (Boris), Барыыс (Barïïs)
• Yiddish: בּאָריס (boris)

Further reading

• Boris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Biros, biros

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		Борис
Arabic		بوریس

Proper noun

Boris (definite accusative Borisi, plural Borislər)

1. a transliteration of the Russian male given name Бори́с (Borís)
   • 2004, “Archived copy”, in Diplomatiya aləmi.‎^[2], number 6, Baku: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici İşlər Nazirliyinin Jurnalın, archived from the original on 21 January 2021, page 47:

     Azərbaycan Prezidenti İlham Əliyev ilə Rusiya Dövlət Dumasının sədri Boris Qrızlov arasında keçirilən görüşdə Azərbaycan-Rusiya əlaqələrinin genişləndirilməsi barədə, əməkdaşlığın möhkəmləndirilməsində hər iki ölkənin qanunverici orqanlarının rolu haqqında geniş fikir mübadiləsi aparıldı.

     During the meeting between President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Chairman of the Russian State Duma Boris Gryzlov, the sides exchanged views on expanding Azerbaijani-Russian relations and the role of the legislatures of the two countries in strengthening cooperation.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborɪs]

Proper noun

Boris m anim (relational adjective Borisův)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Boris (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Boris	Borisové
genitive	Borise	Borisů
dative	Borisovi, Borisi	Borisům
accusative	Borise	Borise
vocative	Borisi	Borisové
locative	Borisovi, Borisi	Borisích
instrumental	Borisem	Borisi

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Бори́с (Borís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔʁɪs/, /ˈboːʁɪs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)); /oː/:

  (file)

Proper noun

Boris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Boris' or (with an article) Boris)

1. a male given name

   Boris Becker ― famous tennis player

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -is diminutive of Borbála.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboriʃ]
• Hyphenation: Bo‧ris
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Proper noun

Boris

1. a diminutive of the female given name Borbála
2. a female given name

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Boris	Borisok
accusative	Borist	Borisokat
dative	Borisnak	Borisoknak
instrumental	Borissal	Borisokkal
causal-final	Borisért	Borisokért
translative	Borissá	Borisokká
terminative	Borisig	Borisokig
essive-formal	Borisként	Borisokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Borisban	Borisokban
superessive	Borison	Borisokon
adessive	Borisnál	Borisoknál
illative	Borisba	Borisokba
sublative	Borisra	Borisokra
allative	Borishoz	Borisokhoz
elative	Borisból	Borisokból
delative	Borisról	Borisokról
ablative	Boristól	Borisoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Borisé	Borisoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Boriséi	Borisokéi

Possessive forms of Boris

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Borisom	Borisaim
2nd person sing.	Borisod	Borisaid
3rd person sing.	Borisa	Borisai
1st person plural	Borisunk	Borisaink
2nd person plural	Borisotok	Borisaitok
3rd person plural	Borisuk	Borisaik

Derived terms

• Boriska

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Бори́с (Borís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.ris/
• Rhymes: -ɔris
• Hyphenation: Bò‧ris

Proper noun

Boris m

1. a male given name

Anagrams

• Borsi, sobri, sorbì

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôːris/
• Hyphenation: Bo‧ris

Proper noun

Bȏris m anim (Cyrillic spelling Бо̑рис)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Boris

	singular
nominative	Boris
genitive	Borisa
dative	Borisu
accusative	Borisa
vocative	Borise
locative	Borisu
instrumental	Borisom

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Russian Бори́с (Borís).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔris/

Proper noun

Boris m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Boris
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Boris	Borisovia
genitive	Borisa	Borisov
dative	Borisovi	Borisom
accusative	Borisa	Borisov
locative	Borisovi	Borisoch
instrumental	Borisom	Borismi

Derived terms

• Boro
• Borisko

Further reading

• “Boris”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026