Meanings
plural Borises
- A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019–2022)
2 more examples
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.
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.
2023 March 14, Aaron Katersky, Soo Rin Kim, Laura Romero, “Federal prosecutors looking into Bannon-backed cryptocurrency $FJB, say sources”, in ABC News, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA person of Russian descent.
Origin
- RussianБори́с
- RussianБори́с
- EnglishBoris
Borrowed from Russian Бори́с (Borís).
More words from Russian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بُورِيس
- بُورِيس (burīs)male given name
Chinese Mandarin 鮑里斯
- 鮑里斯 (Bàolǐsī)male given name
Czech Boris
- Borismale given name
French Boris
- Borismale given name
Hungarian Borisz
- Boriszmale given name
Japanese ボリス
- ボリス (Borisu)male given name
Latvian Boriss
- Borissmale given name
Polish Borys
- Borysmale given name
Portuguese Bóris
- Bórismale given name
Russian Бори́с
- Бори́с (Borís)male given name
Slovak Boris
- Borismale given name
Spanish Boris
- Borismale given name
Ukrainian Борис
- Борис (Borys)male given name
Yiddish בּאָריס
- בּאָריס (boris)male given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Boris
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Cite this entry
Boris. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boris
“Boris.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boris. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Boris,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boris.
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