Bór as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bór

What is the meaning of the name Bór ?

The baby name Bór is a boy name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced BOHR.

Bór is in Origin.

Bór is a literary male name from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Sindarin, an invented Elvish language modeled partly on Welsh phonology. The earliest form in Tolkien’s papers appears as Bor, later accented Bór in published narrative. Tolkien glossed it as faithful, probably tied to a Sindarin adjectival stem bor- expressing steadfastness or endurance; the acute marks vowel quality rather than a separate suffix.

In the legendarium, Bór the Faithful is an Easterling leader of the First Age who allies with Maedhros; his house remains loyal during the Nírnaeth Arnoediad, unlike Ulfang’s people, and the name functions as an Elvish byname granted for loyalty. Outside Tolkien, Polish bór is an unrelated common noun for coniferous or pine forest, inherited from Old Polish. Modern personal use is rare and mostly literary.

⚙ Bór is vanishingly rare. We hold just 2 recorded uses of it, from 1 country.