Boris Forename
1,882nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 533,210 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Central African Republic
Boris Forename Definition:
A male name. a favourite Russian name, said to signify ‘fight’; occasionally used, like other Russian names, in England in the present century.
Boris Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 178,397 | 1:808 | 114 |
| United States | 100% | 28,318 | 1:12,802 | 1,262 |
| Central African Republic | - | 24,643 | 1:183 | 44 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 21,549 | 1:324 | 66 |
| Israel | 100% | 19,057 | 1:441 | 61 |
| Germany | 100% | 18,906 | 1:5,114 | 513 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 18,554 | 1:1,659 | 359 |
| Croatia | 100% | 17,113 | 1:246 | 59 |
| Moldova | 100% | 15,487 | 1:230 | 61 |
| Chile | 100% | 11,906 | 1:1,479 | 253 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 10,928 | 1:191 | 14 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 10,775 | 1:1,647 | 322 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 9,978 | 1:246 | 46 |
| France | 100% | 9,008 | 1:7,379 | 541 |
| Belarus | 98% | 8,225 | 1:1,153 | 128 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 8,144 | 1:2,654 | 490 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 6,611 | 1:1,604 | 376 |
| Ecuador | - | 5,323 | 1:3,330 | 449 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5,012 | 1:9,533 | 867 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4,490 | 1:419 | 57 |
| Togo | - | 4,368 | 1:1,657 | 260 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,358 | 1:7,603 | 1,002 |
| Serbia | 100% | 4,177 | 1:1,711 | 325 |
| Peru | 100% | 3,933 | 1:8,083 | 1,017 |
| Benin | 100% | 3,832 | 1:2,760 | 576 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 3,516 | 1:4,581 | 589 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 3,259 | 1:2,570 | 455 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3,055 | 1:1,738 | 198 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2,880 | 1:1,298 | 259 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,830 | 1:5,972 | 866 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,797 | 1:10,798 | 1,120 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,721 | 1:8,684 | 1,463 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 2,498 | 1:2,191 | 364 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2,456 | 1:2,432 | 408 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 2,417 | 1:4,705 | 866 |
| Czechia | 99% | 2,374 | 1:4,489 | 325 |
| Panama | 100% | 2,063 | 1:1,894 | 379 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 2,012 | 1:4,082 | 619 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1,947 | 1:1,499 | 296 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,860 | 1:2,693 | 436 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 1,799 | 1:12,827 | 1,295 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,696 | 1:22,422 | 765 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,635 | 1:7,028 | 906 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,605 | 1:3,951 | 454 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,490 | 1:143,783 | 7,128 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,480 | 1:41,258 | 1,240 |
| Australia | - | 1,464 | 1:9,329 | 912 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,435 | 1:32,425 | 1,597 |
| England | 98% | 1,408 | 1:39,491 | 2,021 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,405 | 1:19,207 | 1,474 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,299 | 1:198,586 | 19,222 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1,248 | 1:2,824 | 607 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,242 | 1:6,855 | 528 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,176 | 1:8,383 | 780 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1,157 | 1:63,810 | 3,833 |
| Cuba | - | 1,120 | 1:10,274 | 780 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1,008 | 1:42,434 | 1,317 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 955 | 1:3,091 | 384 |
| Mexico | 99% | 891 | 1:139,332 | 3,018 |
| Estonia | 100% | 822 | 1:1,600 | 364 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 725 | 1:656 | 113 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 721 | 1:880 | 208 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 717 | 1:13,449 | 1,527 |
| Thailand | 100% | 711 | 1:98,545 | 8,376 |
| Finland | 100% | 638 | 1:8,594 | 749 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 612 | 1:17,045 | 1,690 |
| Denmark | - | 601 | 1:9,400 | 817 |
| Kenya | 100% | 566 | 1:81,815 | 4,676 |
| Burkina Faso | 98% | 556 | 1:33,057 | 2,601 |
| Chad | 100% | 556 | 1:24,458 | 3,046 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 546 | 1:446 | 126 |
| Romania | 100% | 461 | 1:43,497 | 2,591 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 429 | 1:7,990 | 652 |
| Morocco | - | 409 | 1:83,982 | 2,937 |
| China | - | 397 | 1:3,440,947 | 49,394 |
| Honduras | 100% | 382 | 1:23,082 | 1,547 |
| Greece | 100% | 350 | 1:31,242 | 1,328 |
| India | 97% | 331 | 1:3,670,326 | 155,979 |
| South Africa | 98% | 292 | 1:186,756 | 12,331 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 271 | 1:655,219 | 18,794 |
| Hong Kong | - | 262 | 1:29,591 | 2,362 |
| Philippines | 99% | 238 | 1:445,418 | 15,417 |
| New Zealand | - | 236 | 1:19,221 | 1,540 |
| Portugal | - | 231 | 1:45,069 | 1,625 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 230 | 1:20,730 | 1,400 |
| Uganda | 98% | 218 | 1:187,876 | 6,664 |
| Latvia | 100% | 193 | 1:10,444 | 679 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 178 | 1:91,423 | 4,236 |
| Malawi | 100% | 169 | 1:101,256 | 5,457 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 168 | 1:35,823 | 2,028 |
| Mongolia | 89% | 166 | 1:17,680 | 2,217 |
| Albania | 100% | 162 | 1:18,806 | 2,454 |
| Ireland | 100% | 156 | 1:29,766 | 1,215 |
| Norway | 100% | 149 | 1:34,445 | 1,656 |
| Ukraine | - | 126 | 1:361,110 | 1,799 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Egypt | 100% | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Zambia | - | 104 | 1:152,450 | 6,010 |
| Jamaica | - | 103 | 1:27,992 | 1,999 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 103 | 1:295,630 | 15,159 |
| French Polynesia | - | 76 | 1:3,657 | 697 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 72 | 1:733,171 | 17,469 |
| Qatar | 100% | 64 | 1:37,025 | 4,951 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Singapore | 100% | 54 | 1:116,427 | 7,626 |
| Japan | - | 50 | 1:2,559,721 | 21,573 |
| Scotland | 91% | 48 | 1:111,466 | 2,546 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 47 | 1:12,001 | 913 |
| Liberia | 100% | 44 | 1:100,274 | 4,358 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 43 | 1:6,283 | 793 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 43 | 1:166,325 | 11,451 |
| Senegal | 96% | 42 | 1:347,175 | 5,388 |
| Namibia | - | 41 | 1:58,639 | 3,405 |
| Hungary | 67% | 39 | 1:251,071 | 1,219 |
| Kosovo | - | 37 | 1:50,309 | 3,771 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Sudan | 100% | 36 | 1:1,050,194 | 2,907 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 33 | 1:467,388 | 21,637 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 31 | 1:766,764 | 34,151 |
| Turkey | 100% | 29 | 1:2,682,818 | 16,510 |
| Botswana | 100% | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Guyana | 100% | 26 | 1:29,356 | 3,209 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Belize | 100% | 25 | 1:14,172 | 1,847 |
| South Korea | - | 22 | 1:252,019 | 8,670 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94% | 20 | 1:407,616 | 31,576 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 19 | 1:45,846 | 2,096 |
| Lebanon | 93% | 19 | 1:296,188 | 5,053 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 18 | 1:2,975 | 398 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 17 | 1:5,448,418 | 3,651 |
| Haiti | - | 14 | 1:766,211 | 13,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 14 | 1:97,244 | 6,816 |
| Wales | 100% | 12 | 1:257,859 | 4,217 |
| Monaco | 100% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 11 | 1:17,668,880 | 95,124 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 11 | 1:657,891 | 5,571 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 9 | 1:1,503 | 36 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Nepal | 100% | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Grenada | 100% | 2 | 1:54,062 | 3,078 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| San Marino | - | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Bóris (37), Böris (30), Boriš (2), Borís (2), Borîs (1) & Bôris (1) are calculated separately.
Boris (13,304) may also be a surname.
Boris Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a favourite Russian name, said to signify ‘fight’; occasionally used, like other Russian names, in England in the present century.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Either from the Hungarian for ‘a stranger’ or from the Russian for ‘a fight’, it is by Englishmen generally associated with Russia. But Russian names—cf. Alma and Ivan—have, since 1917, been under a cloud.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Slavonic name, meaning: Fighter.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Boris Forename Popularity
Boris Demographics
Average Male Boris Height
174.4 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 1,289 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Boris Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boris in the Russian language | ||
| Борис | boris | - |
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