Given name
Egor
“one who works the earth; a farmer”
Egor is used as a given name. One Russian interpretation is “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Original RussianЕгор
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Russian interpretation is “one who works the earth; a farmer.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Egor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 88
- 88 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 12 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 596 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Egor’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Egor has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge. In French usage, Egor has a conventional equivalent in the English form Yegor. Egor has a related form in Eigor.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Egor
- Egor KreedRussian rapper and singer-songwriterborn 1994
- Egor MekhontsevRussian boxerborn 1984
- Egor BeroevRussian actor (born 1977)
- Egor YakovlevRussian ice hockey playerborn 1991
- Egor Silinroad racing cyclistborn 1988
- Egor DëminRussian basketball player (born 2006)
- Egor KliukaRussian volleyball playerborn 1995
- Egor ChinakhovRussian ice hockey playerborn 2001
- Egor VyaltsevRussian basketball player (born 1985)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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