Given name · rsk
Иґор
“a hero”·“Ing's soldier”
Иґор (Igor) is a masculine given name, probably from Carpathian Rusyn, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Pannonian Rusyn.
rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Igor.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Иґор is Igor written in Cyrillic. Interpretations include “a hero” and “Ing's soldier”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Иґор probably comes from Carpathian Rusyn, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Иґор developed from Yngvarr. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Иґор developed from Игорь.
Иґор’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Иґор developed from the Old Norse form Yngvarr. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Иґор has a conventional equivalent in the English form Igor. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Иґор can be written in the Roman alphabet as Igor.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Иґор has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Иґор comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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