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Igor - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Igor

[ 2 syll. i-gor, ig-or ] The boy name Igor is pronounced as ihGAOR or IYGAOR †. Igor is mainly used in the Czech, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slavic, and German languages, and its language of origin is Old Greek and Old Norse.

Igor is a variant form of the English name George in the Czech, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Slavic languages.

Igor is also a variant form of the English and Scandinavian name Ingvar in the German and Russian languages.

Igor is also a variant form of the Irish, English, Scottish, and Welsh name Ivor in the Polish, Russian, and Slavic languages.

Igor is a rarely used baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Igor, George was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Igor include the Basque and Spanish Iker, the name Izar, the name Eadger, the Russian Egor, the name Ezar, the Hebrew Ezer, the Japanese Ichiro, the German Isachar, the Indian Ishara, the English Issachar, and the Hawaiian Ezera.

 



† English pronunciation for Igor: IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)"


 
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