Boris

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Turkic Bogoris = 'small one'

2) From Борис (Boris), a Russian short form of Borislav ^[1]

Related Names

Boris	♂
Boriska	♂
Borisko	♂
Borris	♂
Porissa	♂

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

11 November

Sweden

10 June

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Finland: 1808 ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		1	2	1189	2400
Denmark[3]		0	n.a.	377	n.a
Norway[4]		0	0	79	116
Finland[5]		n.a.	2	n.a	1664
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Boris.

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi