Igor

See also: Ígor

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːɡɔːɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (humorously) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪɡɔːɹ/

Etymology 1

Transliterated from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), a Varangian name derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (“army”). Doublet of Ivor, Ihar, and Ihor.

Proper noun

Igor (plural Igors)

1. A male given name from Russian.

Translations

male given name

• Basque: Igor (eu)
• Belarusian: І́гар m (Íhar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊戈爾 / 伊戈尔 (zh) (Yīgē'ěr)

• Czech: Igor (cs) m
• French: Igor (fr) m
• Greek: Ίγκορ (el) m (Ígkor)
• Italian: Igor m
• Kashubian: Jigór m
• Latin: Inguarus m
• Latvian: Igors m
• Pannonian Rusyn: Иґор m (Igor)
• Polish: Igor (pl) m
• Portuguese: Igor (pt) m, Ígor (pt) m
• Russian: И́горь (ru) m (Ígorʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: Igor m, Игор m
• Slovak: Igor m
• Spanish: Igor (es) m
• Ukrainian: І́гор (uk) m (Íhor)
• Yiddish: איגאָר (igor)

Etymology 2

From the hunchbacked lab assistant to Dr. Victor Frankenstein in the 1931 U.S. film Frankenstein of Universal Studios, which was named "Fritz", and the successor to Dr. Frankenstein found in the third and fourth films, named "Ygor"; which have been conflated in popular culture to become "Igor".

Noun

Igor (plural Igors)

1. (fiction) A stock character, the lab assistant to a mad scientist, vampire, or miser frequently depicted as being deformed in some manner, physically and/or psychologically.

Anagrams

• Giro, Gori, giro

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪɡor]

Proper noun

Igor m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Igor

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Italian

Etymology

From Russian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡor/
• Rhymes: -iɡor
• Hyphenation: Ì‧gor

Proper noun

Igor m

1. a male given name

Anagrams

• Giro, Gori, giro, giro-, girò, igro-, rigo, rigò

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), from Old Norse Yngvarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡɔr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɡɔr
• Syllabification: I‧gor

Proper noun

Igor m

1. a male given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Ivor

Declension

Declension of Igor

	singular	plural
nominative	Igor	Igorowie
genitive	Igora	Igorów
dative	Igorowi	Igorom
accusative	Igora	Igorów
instrumental	Igorem	Igorami
locative	Igorze	Igorach
vocative	Igorze	Igorowie

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Ígor

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), from Old Norse Yngvarr.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡoʁ/ [ˈi.ɡoh], /iˈɡoʁ/ [iˈɡoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡoʁ/ [ˈi.ɡoh], /iˈɡoʁ/ [iˈɡoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡoɾ/, /iˈɡoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡoʁ/ [ˈi.ɡoχ], /iˈɡoʁ/ [iˈɡoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡoɻ/, /iˈɡoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɔɾ/ [iˈɣɔɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɔɾ/ [iˈɣɔɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈɡɔ.ɾi/ [iˈɣɔ.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: I‧gor

Proper noun

Igor m

1. a male given name from Russian, equivalent to English Igor

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (“army”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɡɔr/

Proper noun

Igor m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Igor
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Igor	Igorovia
genitive	Igora	Igorov
dative	Igorovi	Igorom
accusative	Igora	Igorov
locative	Igorovi	Igoroch
instrumental	Igorom	Igormi

Derived terms

• Ico
• Igorko
• Igorov

Further reading

• “Igor”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026