Given name · Belarusian
Рыгор
Рыгор (Ryhór) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Belarusian.
BelarusianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Rygor.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Belarusian usage, Рыгор developed from Γρηγόριος.
Рыгор’s family of names
In Belarusian usage, Рыгор has a diminutive in Рысік. In Belarusian usage, Рыгор developed from the Ancient Greek form Γρηγόριος. In Belarusian usage, Рыгор has a conventional equivalent in the German form Gregor.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Рыгор has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Рыгор comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Рыгор
- Ryhor BaradulinBelarusian poet, essayist and translator1935–2014
- Ryhor KastusioŭBelarusian politicianborn 1957
- Ryhor ŠyrmaBelarusian opinion journalist, specialist in literature and conductor (1892-1978)
- Grigory AzarenokBelarusian television propagandistborn 1995
- Ryhor RelesBelarusian writer (1913-2004)
- George TsisetskiBelarusian film directorborn 1985
- Ryhor VasilyevichBelarusian lawyerborn 1955
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