Boris

I don’t get the hate for this name at all.

My best friend is from Russia and he is called Boris. He told me Boris is a common name in Russia so it’s not unusual to hear the name in Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe, but here in Britain it’s not unheard of but it’s not a common name.

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Boris Becker, Boris Yeltsin and Boris Johnson come to mind.

Reminds me of Boris from Calliou, also, that is the most biased sounding name ever, 1/10.

I think it’s cool that it means “snow leopard”!

Very unattractive.

Nice name, but I don't like the association with Boris Johnson.

I feel nothing positive or negative about the name. It just makes me think "Yeah, that sounds Russian".

My name is Boris and I'm an alternative young man with both a rebellious and academic streak. Great name, especially if you want your children to be very cool and interesting (like me).

I think Boris is a nice name.

If you focus on Boris Karloff and not too much on anyone else, especially whoever gets a negative reaction from people, this name will please you folks.

Unattractive.

Sounds a bit boring, also sounds like the word boring. I’m not a huge fan of B names either, but this is very unattractive.

Gives an impression of a young and dedicated man. Also the stress is on the I, not the O.

This sounds like an old man name.

What a fantastic name. Boris Johnson - large, orange and slightly peculiar. We named our ginger tomcat after him and he lives up to it in every way possible.

This name is not attractive to me. It reminds me of something you would name a large mammal, like an elephant or a bear.

I don't exactly know why, but the name Boris just sounds ridiculously coool to me. Nothing I'd name a child, but it defienetly makes me think of either an older male or some badass, unamerican male who's like russian or romanian or something like that.
Boris is now a gp name for me.

I have a Russian tortoise named Boris. He's such a cutie! I call him Borsky as a nickname.

This name always makes me think of the villain Boris Badenov in Rocky & Bullwinkle. (I love that show!)
I actually know someone named Boris (sort of--he goes to my school but I've never been in a class with him.) Even so, it's hard for me to picture this name on a kid.

One of my favorite Russian male names, but only when pronounced properly, Bah-REECE, not that ugly Anglo mangling BORE-iss. I also think the Russian nickname Borya is cute.

Boris is either a stout, friendly person or a circus bear. Both are appealing.

BORIS! This is one of those names that I'd never use on any of my future children, but it's still great. If I ever got a fish, I'd name it Boris.

And when I hear this name, it doesn't make me think crazy old guy, rather a stately and distiguished (Russian or eastern Europian) person. This can also be a last name.

I hear the name Boris and I get that silly song in my head "Boris the spider, creepy crawly, creepy crawly" uggh.

I terribly dislike the name Boris. It's like...urgh. It's to names what cabbage is to food. Boris always make me think of cabbage for some reason, I don't know why. It's just an ugly name: it sounds ugly, it looks ugly written down and it makes you think of someone's mad old great uncle who smokes like a chimney with a burning lust for cancer. I know all of these are unjustified and there are probably plenty of nice Borises, but that's just the image the name conjures up for me.