Listen to the German pronunciation of Boris. The speaker is a native speaker of Standard German from Schleswig-Holstein / Northern Germany:
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Typically born between 1965 and 1980
1) Turkic Bogoris = 'small one'
2) From Борис (Boris), a Russian short form of Borislav, a combination of 'battle' and 'glory'
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