Names like Boris

Rosebeth · May 20, 2020, 6:42pm

I’m looking for names that have the same feel as [name_u]Boris[/name_u]. None of the names suggested on NB as similar seem to fit the bill.
So, what names would you say are similar to [name_u]Boris[/name_u]?

Johannaa · May 20, 2020, 6:54pm

The following names come to mind:

[name_m]Armand[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Benno[/name_m]
[name_m]Brutus[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_u]Floris[/name_u]
[name_m]Fredo[/name_m]
[name_m]Gabor[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Joris[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Sigfrid[/name_m]

Greyblue · May 20, 2020, 7:12pm

[name_u]Wallace[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Winston[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruno[/name_m]
[name_m]Bernard[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_m]Chester[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Clarence[/name_m]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
Zacharius
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_m]Russell[/name_m]

may.rose · May 20, 2020, 8:40pm

[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] was my first thought!

katinka · May 20, 2020, 9:03pm

[name_f]My[/name_f] first thought was [name_m]Kirill[/name_m] or [name_m]Cyril[/name_m].

It’s a tricky one, though! [name_u]Boris[/name_u] brings three very different images to my mind:

[name_u]Boris[/name_u] [name_m]Johnson[/name_m] – Old Etonian, posh British
Russian
Old-fashioned, clunky vintage

Here’s a mixed bag of those three…

[name_m]Artem[/name_m]
[name_m]Sigmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilfrid[/name_m]
[name_m]Algernon[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernst[/name_m]
[name_m]Sergey[/name_m]
[name_m]Harald[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Torquil[/name_m]
[name_m]Ivan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ralph[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolfram[/name_m]
[name_m]Bertram[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Gunther[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_m]Aldo[/name_m]/[name_m]Aldous[/name_m]
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Grigor[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Anton[/name_m]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]

Estrela · May 20, 2020, 9:56pm

[name_m]Otis[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m]
[name_m]Albus[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_m]Ronald[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Godfrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Clifford[/name_m]
[name_m]Oswald[/name_m]
[name_m]Rudolf[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_m]Donald[/name_m]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u]
[name_m]Eugene[/name_m]
[name_m]Norman[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Roger[/name_m]
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Watson[/name_m]
[name_m]Albert[/name_m]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]
Archibard
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvester[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_u]Gene[/name_u]
[name_m]Walter[/name_m]
[name_m]Eustace[/name_m]
[name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_u]Thaddeus[/name_u]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]

Sunniva · May 21, 2020, 8:37am

[name_m]Clyde[/name_m]
[name_m]Nigel[/name_m]
[name_m]Burt[/name_m]
[name_m]Orville[/name_m]
[name_m]Floyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Herbert[/name_m]
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Vladimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Enoch[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m]
[name_m]Horace[/name_m]
[name_m]Digby[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m]
[name_m]Neville[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]

river_dweller · May 21, 2020, 11:26am

[name_m]Morris[/name_m]
[name_u]Briar[/name_u]
[name_u]Maurice[/name_u]
Borealis
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Bear[/name_m]
[name_m]Horace[/name_m]
[name_m]Bruce[/name_m]

miss_montreal · May 21, 2020, 12:28pm

A couple of names with the -(o)ris ending.

[name_f]Doris[/name_f]
[name_m]Joris[/name_m]
[name_u]Floris[/name_u]
[name_m]Morris[/name_m]

Sorry for any doubles!

Natawa · May 21, 2020, 3:57pm

There are lots of good suggestions. Sorry for any repeats Perhaps…
[name_m]Grover[/name_m]
[name_m]Truett[/name_m]
Rigsby
[name_u]Beau[/name_u]/[name_u]Bo[/name_u]
[name_m]Gareth[/name_m]
[name_m]Lloyd[/name_m]
[name_m]Horace[/name_m]
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_m]Igor[/name_m]
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]
[name_m]Vlad[/name_m]
[name_m]Gregor[/name_m]
Remis
[name_m]Melvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Marvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Marlon[/name_m]