Igor (given name)

Common Slavic given name
Igor
Igor of Kiev, first from right. Illumination from the Radziwiłł Chronicle
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameOld Norse
MeaningProtected by Yngvi
Region of originKievan Rus'
Other names
Related namesGregory, Ingvar, Ingrid, Ingram

Igor (Belarusian: Ігар, romanized: Ihar [ˈiɣar]; Russian: Игорь, romanized: Igor' [ˈiɡərʲ]; Serbian Cyrillic: Игор pronounced [îɡor]; Ukrainian: Ігор, romanized: Ihor [ˈiɦor]; ) is a common East Slavic given name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, see Igor of Kiev.

People

Igor

Ihar

Ihor

  • Ihor Bazhan (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
  • Ihor Chuchman (born 1985), Kazakhstani footballer
  • Ihor Della-Rossa (born 1939), Georgian-born Soviet racewalker
  • Ihor Huz (born 1982), Ukrainian politician, member of Parliament
  • Ihor Kalynets (born 1939), Ukrainian poet and dissident during Soviet times
  • Ihor Kharatin (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer
  • Ihor Kharchenko (born 1962), Ukrainian diplomat
  • Ihor Kirienko (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
  • Ihor Kohut (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
  • Ihor Kolykhaiev (born 1971), Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur
  • Ihor Kolomoyskyi (born 1963), Ukrainian businessman
  • Ihor Kononenko (born 1965) Ukrainian businessman and politician
  • Ihor Kyrylenko (born 1991), Ukrainian singer, songwriter, producer and DJ, member in a number of musical bands
  • Ihor Kyryukhantsev (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
  • Ihor Lytovchenko (born 1966), Ukrainian businessman and entrepreneur
  • Ihor Lutsenko (politician) (born 1978), Ukrainian journalist and politician
  • Ihor Melnyk (footballer, born 1983), Ukrainian footballer
  • Ihor Melnyk (footballer, born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
  • Ihor Nasalyk (born 1962), Ukrainian optoelectronic engineer and politician
  • Ihor Olefirenko (born 1990), Ukrainian long distance runner
  • Ihor Pavlyuk (born 1967), Ukrainian writer, translator and research worker
  • Ihor Plastun (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer
  • Ihor Podolchak (born 1962), Ukrainian film director and visual artist
  • Ihor Prokopchuk (born 1968), Ukrainian diplomat
  • Ihor Rainin or Raynin (born 1973), Ukrainian politician
  • Ihor Reptyukh (born 1994), Ukrainian cross-country skier and biathlete
  • Ihor Rybak (1934–2005), Ukrainian weightlifter
  • Ihor Reznichenko (born 1994), Ukrainian figure skater
  • Ihor Sahach (born 1956), Ukrainian diplomat
  • Ihor Shcherbak (1943–2002), Soviet long-distance runner
  • Ihor Shevchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian politician, government minister, and lawyer
  • Ihor Ševčenko (1922–2009), Polish-born philologist and historian of Ukrainian origin
  • Ihor Sorkin (born 1967), Ukrainian banker, chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
  • Ihor Surkis (born 1958), Ukrainian businessman
  • Ihor Tsvietov (born 1994), Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy
  • Ihor Tyschenko (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
  • Ihor Yukhnovskyi (1925–2024), Ukrainian physicist and politician, and a member of the Presidium
  • Ihor Yushko (born 1961), Ukrainian economist and politician
  • Ihor Zubko (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer

Fictional characters

References

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