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Borys

Boy name · 37 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Borys: 37 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 7 births in 2011.

Borys is a Slavic variant of Boris, a name with Turkic origins, likely from the Old Turkic word *böri* meaning “wolf,” though it was later linked to the Bulgarian ruler Boris I. In Poland and Ukraine, the Borys spelling is standard, and it has been given to a modest number of babies in Scotland since the late 20th century. Famous bearers include the 16th-century Tsar Boris Godunov, whose life inspired Mussorgsky’s opera, and the Polish actor Borys Szyc. The name also shares its root with the Bulgarian city of Borovo, though no direct place connection stands out for this spelling. As a distinctive alternative to the more common Boris,