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Boris Name Meaning

Slovak: from the personal name Boris which is often taken as a shortening of the Slavic personal name Borislav composed of the elements bor ‘to fight’ (from Old Slavic boriti se) + slav ‘glory’ or ‘famous’ (from Old Slavic slava ‘glory’) but more probably it is an altered form of the Old Bulgarian personal name Bogoris (a byname from Turkic bogori ‘small’) borne by the king of the Bulgars (sometimes known as Boris) who was converted to Christianity in 86 The name Boris was later also borne by a Russian prince murdered in 1015 whose baptismal name was Roman and who is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church. Altered form of Polish Ukrainian and Rusyn Borys a cognate of 1 above. Slovak (Boriš): from a short form of any of various Slavic compound personal names containing the element bor ‘to fight’ e.g. Borislav (see 1 above). The homonymous Sorbian cognates Boriš (Upper Sorbian) and Bóriš (Lower Sorbian) are found in Germanized and Americanized forms only (see Borisch and Borish ). Hungarian: from Boris a pet form of the female personal name Borbála or in some cases possibly from the male personal name Barabás.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Boros, Bors, Borish, Borin, Bodin, Oris, Bonis, Bores, Doris, Borne

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You can see how Boris families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Boris family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Boris families were found in USA in 1920. In 1840 there was 1 Boris family living in New York. This was about 50% of all the recorded Boris's in USA. New York and 1 other state had the highest population of Boris families in 1840.
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What did your Boris ancestors do for a living?

In 1940, Laborer and Clerk were the top reported jobs for men and women in the USA named Boris. 22% of Boris men worked as a Laborer and 11% of Boris women worked as a Clerk. Some less common occupations for Americans named Boris were Farmer and Saleslady. .

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1940

  • Laborer
    22%
  • Miner
    8%
  • Salesman
    6%
  • Farmer
    5%

Top Female Occupations In 1940

  • Clerk
    11%
  • Waitress
    10%
  • Maid
    8%
  • Saleslady
    7%
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Between 1944 and 2004, in the United States, Boris life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1944, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for Boris in 1944 was 25, and 78 in 2004.

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