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Name Boris

Meaning:

maybe wolf

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About the name Boris in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Bulgarian, Russian
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Baris, Borys, Doris, Joris, Joris, Loris, Aris, Berit, Bodie, Bodil Details

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About Boris, the group of names with the same origin as Boris

Meaning/translation:	maybe wolf
Language of origin:	Unknown
Info about origin:	usually explained as a short form of the Slavic name Borislav
	but probably an independent name, used in Old Bulgarian, of Turkish origin, maybe with a meaning of wolf
Topics:	Words
Variants' top ranks:	4:Boris Bulgaria 2018, 38:Borys Warsaw 2016
Somehow related to:	Borislaw
Old/original forms:	Bogoris Bulgarian
Name variants:	Boris, Borys Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Boris

Series	Graph	Rankings
Bulgaria	Graph	2023 8, 2022 5, 2021 5, 2020 6, 2019 6, 2018 4, 2017 8, 2012 14
France		2002 486
Netherlands	Graph	2023 73, 2022 89, 2021 87, 2020 87, 2019 67, 2018 73, 2017 73, 2016 77
Switzerland		1997 304

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