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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Alois, Antonin, Bogdan, Bogomil (name), Bohumil, Boleslaw (given name), Boris (given name), Boyan (given name), Bo idar, Branimir, Branislav (name), Ctibor (name), Ctirad (name), Czeslaw, Dalibor (name), Dobrogost, Dobromil (given name), Dobromir (given name), Dobroslaw (name), Franti ek, Godzimir, Ivo, Izaia, Jaromir, Juraj (name), Ka par, Ladislav, Lubomir (given name), Lubo, Ludomir, Milan (given name), Milivoj, Milomir, Milorad, Miloslav, Milosz, Miroslav (given name), Mstislav (given name), Neklan (name), Nezamysl (name), Nyja (name), Odolen, Ond ej, Przemysl (name), Radim (given name), Radomir (given name), Radoslav, Radovan, Ratimir, Ratko, Rostislav (given name), Sava (name), Slavek, Stanimir, t pan, Svantovit, S awoj, S awomir, Va ek, Velimir, Vitomir, Vladan, Vladimir (name), Vladislav, Vlasta (given name), Vlastimil, Vojislav, Zbigniew, Zdenko. Excerpt: Boris, Borys or Barys (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian: Belarusian: ) is a male name, with Bulgarian roots. It is common in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine and other countries. In recent generations it has also been used among speakers of Germanic languages, even without any Slavic background. The most common theory is that this name comes from the Bulgar language with meanings according to the different interpretations: "wolf," "short" or "snow leopard." Some authors, which support the "Iranian theory" about the origin of the Bulgar language derive "Bogoris" from the Iranian word "bog," which could mean "godlike." Another theory is that this name is an abbreviated form of the Slavic name Borislav, which means "one who fights for glory" from bor, battle combined with slav, glory. Boris is first found in written...
