Igor

See also: Ígor

English

Etymology

Transliterated from Russian Игорь (Igorʹ), a Varangian name derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (“army”). Related to English Ivor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːɡɔːɹ/
• (humorously) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪɡɔːɹ/

Proper noun

Igor

1. A male given name from Russian.

Translations

male given name

• Basque: Igor (eu)
• Belarusian: І́гар m (Íhar)
• Czech: Igor (cs) m
• Kashubian: Jigór m
• Latvian: Igors m
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• Polish: Igor (pl) m
• Portuguese: Igor (pt) m, Ígor (pt) m
• Russian: И́горь (ru) m (Ígorʹ)
• Slovak: Igor m
• Ukrainian: І́гор m (Íhor)

Anagrams

• Giro, Gori, giro

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪɡor]

Proper noun

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

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Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian.

Proper noun

Igor m

1. a male given name

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡɔr/

Proper noun

Igor m

1. a male given name, 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

Related terms

• Igorek

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Ígor

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡoʁ/

Proper noun

Igor m

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

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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 (genitive singular Igora, nominative plural Igorovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name.

Declension

Declension of Igor

	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, 2024