Boris

Borrowed from Bulgarian Бори́с (Borís).

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

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪs

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

• Boris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Biros, biros

Boris (definite accusative Borisi, plural Borislər)

1. a transliteration of the Russian male given name Бори́с (Borís)
   • 2004, Diplomatiya aləmi.‎^[2], number 6, Baku: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici İşlər Nazirliyinin Jurnalın, 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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈborɪs]

Boris m anim (relational adjective Borisův)

1. a male given name

From Russian Бори́с (Borís).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔʁɪs/, /ˈboːʁɪs/

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

1. a male given name

   Boris Becker ― famous tennis player

Clipping and -is diminutive of Borbála.

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

Boris

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

• Boriska

Unadapted borrowing from Russian Бори́с (Borís).

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

Boris m

1. a male given name

• Borsi, sobri, sorbì

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

Bȏris m anim (Cyrillic spelling Бо̑рис)

1. a male given name

Derived from Russian Бори́с (Borís).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔris/

Boris m pers

1. a male given name

• Boro
• Borisko

• “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