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I was wondering if anyone knew the meaning (and perhaps origin, if it has some sort of a story attached to it :)) of the Bulgarian female name Boryana / Boriana?
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Björn
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Björn
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Hi, yes. In Bulgaria the name means a princess-worrier. The origin of the name is Persian and it means Goddess :)
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maybe bor the tree?
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already explained by Ivayla lower down in the thread. Modern Bulgarian is a Slavic language, but Boriana is derived from Boris, which is either Turkic or Mongol in origin, dating to when the court language of Greater Bulgaria was one of the Turkic languages spoken north of the Caucasus at the time.
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hi, i am one of them, it is very old, purely Bulgarian, it means the female to be tall and beautiful,”; bor” in Bulgarian means pine tree. The male version of the name is Boris, another very old pure Bulgarian name. I am named after my grandfather Boris. We have Boris in our history since the first bulgarian empire, since 681 ( the year 681). Boris became also popular name internationally, where Boriana remains still popular in Bulgaria and some nearby countries. I hope my info was useful.
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Boryana/Boriana is feminine form of Boryan/Borian (actually spelt Borjan i think)as for the meaning i think that it could be a variant of Boyan/Boian (serbian name, meaning battle" and it's spelt Bojan(a)
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Noo, you got it wrong, it is a distinct name from Bojan. The root of "Boriana" is "bor" meaning "forest", not "boj".
I know it's an old thread but since I stumbled on here, some poor Boriana might as well.
I know it's an old thread but since I stumbled on here, some poor Boriana might as well.
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~yawn~ It's too early in the morning and I pressed the enter-key before I was done
Boriana/Boryana (both spellings are right) is a female form of Boris, and as far as I know, it's as old as Boris (which means very old!).
As the site says, Boris is commonly (and mistakenly) considered to be the short form of Borislav. The proposers of this theory, however, have still to explain why there is Stanislav but not Stanis, Jaroslav and not Jaros, etc.
According to my sources, Boris was a name used by the proto-Bulgarians (and probably other Turkic tribes) from before they mingled with the Slavs. There are several theories about its origin. It might mean wolf (from the Turkic bjori), tiger (from the Altaian bars), but the one I personally tend to agree with is that the name was derived from the Mongolian bogoris - short. The proto-Bulgarians used the names Boris and Bogoris interchangeably which has lead some to believe that Boris is actually short from Bogoris.
The name was considered to be pagan up until the 860s when Boris I converted Bulgaria to Christianity. A century later the Russian great knyaz (?) Vladimir I who converted Kiev Russia to Christianity (988-989) named one of his sons Boris. According to the Russian historic sources, Boris and his brother Gleb were the children of Vladimir I by "some Bulgarian". They were killed around 1015 by their step-brother Svyatopolk who later claimed the Russian throne. A few years later they were both canonized, and as far as I know, st. Boris and Gleb are still revered in not only Russia, but also in Belorussia and Ukraine.
Boriana/Boryana (both spellings are right) is a female form of Boris, and as far as I know, it's as old as Boris (which means very old!).
As the site says, Boris is commonly (and mistakenly) considered to be the short form of Borislav. The proposers of this theory, however, have still to explain why there is Stanislav but not Stanis, Jaroslav and not Jaros, etc.
According to my sources, Boris was a name used by the proto-Bulgarians (and probably other Turkic tribes) from before they mingled with the Slavs. There are several theories about its origin. It might mean wolf (from the Turkic bjori), tiger (from the Altaian bars), but the one I personally tend to agree with is that the name was derived from the Mongolian bogoris - short. The proto-Bulgarians used the names Boris and Bogoris interchangeably which has lead some to believe that Boris is actually short from Bogoris.
The name was considered to be pagan up until the 860s when Boris I converted Bulgaria to Christianity. A century later the Russian great knyaz (?) Vladimir I who converted Kiev Russia to Christianity (988-989) named one of his sons Boris. According to the Russian historic sources, Boris and his brother Gleb were the children of Vladimir I by "some Bulgarian". They were killed around 1015 by their step-brother Svyatopolk who later claimed the Russian throne. A few years later they were both canonized, and as far as I know, st. Boris and Gleb are still revered in not only Russia, but also in Belorussia and Ukraine.
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