Bolebor
An old Slavic compound: "bole-" for greater, the root that opens Bolesław, and "-bor" from a word for fighting. Together they read as "greater fighter". Nearly gone now, with only nine men in Poland carrying it, so most Poles have never met one.
Bolebor Pronunciation
Bolebor is pronounced bo-LE-bor (/bɔˈlɛbɔr/).
What Bolebor means
Where Bolebor comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Bolebor belongs to the old stock of Slavic compound names, the kind built from two meaningful roots. The first part, "bole-", carries the sense of "greater" or "more", the same element that opens Bolesław. The second, "-bor", comes from a root meaning to fight or struggle, and it closes names like Borzysław. Put together, they give the short meaning the name still holds: greater fighter.
Names of this shape were common among the early Western Slavs, who favored two-part names promising some virtue in war or rule. Bolebor sat among them without standing out. It is rare now.
A child called Bolebor today would likely be the only one on the class register. The name has no standard diminutive and no feminine pair in ordinary use. What it offers is direct: two Slavic roots, "bole-" and "-bor", and one plain reading in Polish, bardzo waleczny.
When Bolebor celebrates name day
Bolebor appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 25 February.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Bolebor
1 in 2371799 men in Poland is named Bolebor. 9 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #17050 among male names.
Bolebor's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Bolebor as a middle name
Bolebor is a first name for 9 men in Poland and a middle name for another 11, a 45/55 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2902nd, between Bill (11) and Bảo (11).
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#2900 Bhushan11
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#2901 Bill11
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#2902 Bolebor11
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#2903 Bảo11
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#2904 Caner11