Given name
Yegor
“one who works the earth; a farmer”·“farmer”·“one who works the earth”
In Russian use, Yegor is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.” Yegor is a variant of Ygor. In English use, Ygor carries the interpretation “warrior of the bow.”
Original RussianЕгор
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Russian use, Yegor carries the interpretation “one who works the earth; a farmer.” In Russian use, Yegor is a form of George. George’s Greek root means “farmer” or “one who works the earth.” Yegor is a variant of Ygor. In English use, Ygor carries the interpretation “warrior of the bow.”
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
In Russian use, Yegor is used as a form of George. In Russian use, Yegor is a form of George. The shared background comes through George: Georgios comes from georgos, built from elements meaning “earth” and “to work.” Latin Georgius and Old French forms helped carry it into English.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Russian use, Yegor is a form of George. The history of George gives this family its wider story. Saint George gave the name a religious and legendary association; the dragon story developed in the Middle Ages. In England, George I’s accession in 1714 helped increase the name’s use beyond its earlier saintly associations.
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Yegor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 48
- 48 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 297 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.
Yegor’s family of names
Yegor has an affectionate form in Gora. Yegor shares a linguistic root with George. In English usage, Yegor has a conventional equivalent in the French form Egor.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Yeorgisvariant
- Yeorgevariant
- Yeorgesvariant
- Yegeorvariant
- Yegorrvariant
- Yegorevariant
- Goryapet form
- Gorapet form
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Across languages 67
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ЕгорRussian
- Georgecognate
- Jorgeequivalent
- Yuriequivalent
- Jordiequivalent
- Giorgioequivalent
- Joriequivalent
- Georgiosequivalent
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- Juriequivalent
- Georgesequivalent
- Gevorgequivalent
- Jurgenequivalent
- Jerzyequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Georgequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- EgorFrench
- Ягорequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jürgensequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Jürgenequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- Johorkaequivalent
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Corcequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Juergequivalent
- Jordequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
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People named Yegor
- Yegor GaidarRussian economist (1956-2009)
- Egor KreedRussian rapper and singer-songwriterborn 1994
- Yegor TitovRussian footballerborn 1976
- Yegor LigachevSoviet politician (1920–2021)
- Egor MekhontsevRussian boxerborn 1984
- Yegor Ivanovich ZolotaryovRussian mathematician (1847-1878)
- Yegor BorisovRussian politicianborn 1954
- Yegor SharangovichBelarusian ice hockey playerborn 1998
- Egor BeroevRussian actor (born 1977)
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