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Игорь
Игорь (Ígorʹ) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Russian and Old East Slavic.
Russian and orvWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Igorʹ.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Игорь comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Игорь developed from Yngvarr.
Игорь’s family of names
In Russian usage, Игорь has a diminutive in Го́га. In Russian usage, Игорь developed from the Old Norse form Yngvarr. In Russian usage, Игорь has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Igor.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Игорь has relatives in 19 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Игорь comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Игорь
- Igor StravinskyRussian, French, and American composer (1882–1971)
- Igor TammSoviet physicist (1895–1971)
- Igor AkinfeevRussian association football playerborn 1986
- Igor SikorskyAmerican aviation pioneer from Russian Empire (1889–1972)
- Igor KurchatovSoviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960)
- Igor Dodon5th President of Moldova from 2016 until 2020born 1975
- Igor GirkinRussian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbassborn 1970
- Igor DenisovRussian footballerborn 1984
- Igor LediakhovRussian association football playerborn 1968
Characters named Игорь: Postman Pechkin (fictional character created by Eduard Uspensky).
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