The actor Boris Karloff 's family name comes from Karlov , in Cyrillic , Карлов .
Karloff always claimed he chose the first name `` Boris '' because it sounded foreign and exotic , and that `` Karloff '' was a family name ( from Karlov , in Cyrillic , Карлов , a name found in several Slavic countries , including Russia , Ukraine , and Bulgaria Retrieved 14 February 2015 ) .
Boris Karloff