Igor (given name)

Igor
	Igor of Kiev, first from right. Illumination from the Radziwiłł Chronicle
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Meaning	Protected by Yngvi
Region of origin	Kievan Rus'
Other names
Related names	Gregory, 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

Igor of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' from 913 to 945
Igor II of Kiev (died 1147), Grand Prince of Kiev (1146)
Igor Akinfeev (born 1986), Russian football goalkeeper
Igor Andreev (born 1983), Russian tennis player
Igor Angulo (born 1984), Basque-Spanish footballer
Igor Antón (born 1983), Basque-Spanish cyclist
Igor Arnáez (born 1991), Basque-Spanish footballer
Igor Astarloa (born 1976), Basque-Spanish cyclist
Igor Belousov (1928–2005), Soviet statesman
Igor Bobček (born 1983), Slovak ice hockey defenceman
Igor Bogdanoff (1949–2022), French science fiction author
Igor Boki (born 1994), Belarusian Paralympic swimmer
Igor Cavalera (born 1970), Brazilian musician
Igor Chernykh (1932–2020), Russian camera operator
Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (1894–1918), Russian royalty
Igor Chugainov (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
Igor Danchenko (born 1978), Russian-American analyst
Igor M. Diakonoff (1915–1999), Russian historian, linguist, and translator
Igor Dodon (born 1975), Moldovan politician and president of Moldova from 2016 to 2020
Igor de Camargo (born 1983), Brazilian / Belgian footballer
Igor Eremenko (born 1997), Russian ice dancer who defected to the United States
Igor Gabilondo (born 1979), Basque-Spanish footballer
Igor Gaydamaka, Soviet sprint canoer
Igor Girkin (born 1970), Russian army veteran and former Federal Security Service officer who played a key role in the Russian annexation of Crimea
Igor Golomstock (1929–2017), London-based Russian art historian
Igor González de Galdeano (born 1973), Basque-Spanish cyclist
Igor Julio dos Santos de Paulo (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
Igor Jankowski (born 1983), Belarusian-Polish composer
Igor Kholmanskikh (born 1969), Russian government appointee and former factory worker
Igor Coronado, Brazilian footballer
Igor Kornelyuk (born 1962), Russian musician, singer and songwriter
Igor Kokoškov (born 1971), Serbian basketball coach
Igor Kunitsyn (born 1981), Russian tennis player
Igor Kurnosov (1985–2013), Russian chess grandmaster
Igor Larionov (born 1960), Soviet and Russian retired ice hockey player
Igor Lewczuk (born 1985), Polish football defender
Igor López de Munain (1983/1984–2022), Basque politician
Igor Luzhkovsky (1938–2000), Russian swimmer
Igor Markevitch (1912–1983), Russian-born composer and conductor
Igor Julio (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
Igor Martinez (born 1989), Basque-Spanish footballer
Igor Matovič (born 1973), Slovak politician
Igor Medved (born 1981), Slovenian ski jumper
Igor Menshchikov (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
Igor Merino (born 1990), Basque-Spanish cyclist
Igor V. Minin (born 1960), Russian physicist
Igor Nesterenko (born 1990), Israeli-Ukrainian basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Igor Nikitin (ice hockey) (1966–2013), Russian ice hockey player
Igor Nikolayev (born 1960), Russian singer, composer and songwriter
Igor Oistrakh (1931–2021), Russian violinist
Igor Olshanetskyi (born 1986), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
Igor Olshansky (born 1982), Ukrainian-born American National Football League player
Igor Omura Fraga (born 1998), Japanese-born Brazilian racing driver and eSports racer
Igor Pavlov (athlete) (born 1979), Russian pole vaulter
Igor Rasko (born 1966), Russian ice hockey player
Igor Savitsky (1915–1984), Russian art collector and art museum director.
Igor Sechin (born 1960), Russian businessman and politician
Igor Severyanin (1887–1941), Russian poet
Igor Shesterkin (born 1995), Russian ice hockey player
Igor Shuvalov (born 1967), Russian politician
Igor Sijsling (born 1987), Dutch tennis player
Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), Russian-born American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
Igor Smirnov (politician) (born 1941), Transnistrian politician
Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Russian composer and conductor
Igor Subbotin (born 1990), Estonian footballer
Igor Svyatoslavich (1151–1201/1202), prince of Putivl (1164–1180), of Novgorod-Seversk (1180–1198), and of Chernigov (1198–1201/1202)
Igor Sypniewski (1974–2022), Polish football forward
Igor Śmiałowski (1917–2006), Polish actor
Igor Tudor (born 1978), Croatian footballer and manager
Igor Ursov (1927–2002) Russian phthisiatrist, scientist
Igor Yebra (born 1974), Basque-Spanish dancer
Igor Zubeldia (born 1997), Basque-Spanish footballer

Ihar

Ihar Hermianchuk (1961–2002), Belarusian journalist and political activist.
Ihar Hershankou (1981–2018), convicted Belarusian murderer, soldier and fraudster
Ihar Makarau (born 1979), Belarusian judoka
Ihar Maystrenka (born 1959), Belarusian former rower
Ihar Razhkow (born 1981), Belarusian footballer
Ihar Rynkevich (born 1968), Belarusian legal and political expert, journalist and human rights activist
Ihar Stasevich (born 1985), Belarusian footballer
Ihar Tarlowski (born 1974), Belarusian footballer and coach
Ihar Truhaw (born 1976), Belarusian footballer and coach
Ihar Tsaplyuk (born 1970), Belarusian footballer
Ihar Zyankovich (born 1987), Belarusian footballer
Ihar Zyulew (born 1984), Belarusian footballer and coach

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

Igor (character), a stock character
Igor, a baboon with shape-shifting powers in Marvel Comics
Igor, in the Persona series
Igor, in Count Duckula
Igor, in Young Frankenstein
Igor, in the 1989 US fighting game Human Killing Machine
Igor, in the 1985 US horror film Igor and the Lunatics
Igor, in the 2008 US computer-animated horror comedy film Igor
Igor Barkov, in the 1998 young adult novel Holes
Igor Burov, in the US TV drama series The Americans
Igor Karkaroff, in the Harry Potter series
Igor Nevsky, in the 1997 US political action thriller film Air Force One (film)
Igor Parker, in the 1994 graphic adventure game Igor: Objective Uikokahonia
Igor Rabitov, in the US action TV series Banshee
Igor Sergei Klinki (created October 10, 1959), "virtual" poet, created by Argentine writer, artist, photographer, and illustrator Rafael San Martín
Igor Stancheck, in Radioactive Man
Igor Straminsky, in the US media franchise M*A*S*H
Igor Teplov, in World of Watches
Igor Wagner, in The Adventures of Tintin
Igor Khymynuk, in Chernobylite (video game)

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