It is my name and I like it very much. It is short, strong, classic, medieval, and used in a variety of languages and cultures along the centuries. It is pagan in origin but also a saint's name. In English some people mispronounce it as "EYE"-gor instead of EE-gor. At least it's easy to spell when someone does ask me to spell it out.
Sounds very rough to me, and while I love Igor Stravinsky, my first association is Frankenstein's henchman.
― Anonymous User 4/9/2019
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Why the hell is this name listed as feminine?! This name is not the least bit feminine. Feminine form would be Igora, but Igor is masculine, through and through.
― Anonymous User 12/2/2018
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Name - Igor ORIGIN - Russian, Norse Usage - worldwide Gender - Boy In Indian script = इगोर Meaning =" protected "
Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev is a Russian international football goalkeeper who is the captain of PFC CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League. He has spent his entire career at CSKA, making over 450 official appearances.
I propose to change the description as follows: Slavic form of Yngvarr (see INGVAR). The Varangians brought it to Kievan Rus' around 10th century. It was borne by two Grand Princes of Kiev. A famous bearer was Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), a Russian composer whose most famous work is 'The Rite of Spring'. Another famous bearer is inventor of helicopter Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972). [noted -ed]
Hurricane Igor was a large hurricane that hit Newfoundland in September 2010. Because it was the costliest hurricane in Newfoundland on record (by the time I posted this comment), the name Igor was retired and replaced by Ian for 2016.
― Anonymous User 9/5/2012
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Igor Olshansky is an American football player.
― Anonymous User 12/11/2011
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The name originates in Israel.
― Anonymous User 12/10/2010
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Igor has absolutely nothing to do with Israel uneducated one. Plus the way Igor is pronounced in Russian is E gahr very soft with a very soft R at the end. In English speaking countries it sounds rough because English is a harsher sounding language in general.
― Anonymous User 4/16/2011
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I love this name. I think Iggy is a cute nickname.
― Anonymous User 10/2/2010
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Any self-respecting Mad Scientist or old-fashioned vampire needs one, that's why there's a whole clan of Igors in the Discworld.
A famous bearer who was no doubt named after the afore-mentioned famous bearer is M*A*S*H character Private Igor Straminsky, called "keeper of the public ptomaine" by Hawkeye, and played by Jeff Maxwell.
The name is of Slavic origin not Norse, we have other names such as Jago, Jagomir, Jagos and Jagor which is derived from a flower of the same name + a feminine suffix (jagorcevina, jagorcika). Also Ivor is Slavic deriving from the word 'javor' (marple tree). Both names occur in Serbian.
― Anonymous User 1/29/2009
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I think it would've been a nice name if it wasn't connected to the character in Frankenstein. I don't want my child's peers to laugh at him.