Name
IGOR

Name IGOR

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 358,467 births of Igor in the countries below, which represents an average of 2,524 births of children bearing the first name Igor per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 2,486 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Igor   
In Italiano Nome Igor   


Information about the first name Igor

We celebrate Igor on June 5th
The first name Igor is listed in our categories :The first name Igor has been assigned to:
99.47% to boys
0.53% to girls
The country where the first name Igor is the most common is:
BR Brazil
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Igor

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Igor : Giro, Gori, Irgo, Rigo

Igor in Japanese *

Romajiigaa
Katakanaイガー
Hiraganaいがー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Igor in Japanese
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Igor in sign language

Igor in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Igor

US English
Etymology src :
  • Transliterated from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), a Varangian name derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (“army”). Doublet of Ivor.
Etymology src :
  • From the hunchbacked lab assistant to Dr. Victor Frankenstein in the 1931 U.S. film Frankenstein of Universal Studios, which was named "Fritz", and the successor to Dr. Frankenstein found in the third and fourth films, named "Ygor"; which have been conflated in popular culture to become "Igor".
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • Igor (plural Igors)
  • (fiction) A stock character, the lab assistant to a mad scientist, vampire, or miser frequently depicted as being deformed in some manner, physically and/or psychologically.
Anagrams src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈiːɡɔːɹ/
  • (humorously) IPA(key): /ˈaɪɡɔːɹ/
General
Alternative forms src :
  • Ígor
Slovak
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (“army”).
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈiɡɔr/
Proper noun src :
Polish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), from Old Norse Yngvarr.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.ɡɔr/
  • Rhymes: -iɡɔr
  • Syllabification: I‧gor
Proper noun src :
PT Portuguese
Pronunciation src :
  • Hyphenation: I‧gor
Proper noun src :
IT Italian
Etymology src :
Anagrams src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.ɡor/
  • Rhymes: -iɡor
  • Hyphenation: Ì‧gor
Proper noun src :
CZ Czech
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈɪɡor]
Proper noun src :
Proper noun (Declension) src :
  • This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
 

Popularity of the name Igor

Number of IGOR births per year

Total births of Igor by country

Births with the first name Igor
Country
Boys
Girls
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
264,700
1,890
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
73,629
2
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
3,981
0
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
3,298
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
2,551
0
EEEstonia
1931 - 2022
2,340
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
1,249
0
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
858
4
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
707
0
NONorway
1945 - 2022
590
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
483
1
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
413
0
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
304
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
273
0
MDMoldova
2016 - 2022
220
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
172
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
169
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
147
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
133
0
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
85
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
79
0
NLNetherlands
2015 - 2022
56
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
42
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
39
0
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
23
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
15
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
14
0

Total births of Igor by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Igor
Country
Boys
Girls
PLPoland
2022
2,226
0
DEGermany
2022
130
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
44
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
14
0
ITItaly
2021
14
0
BEBelgium
2022
10
0
FRFrance
2022
9
0
ATAustria
2021
8
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
8
0
IEIreland
2022
6
0
SESweden
2022
6
0
CLChili
2021
4
0
DKDenmark
2022
4
0
ARArgentina
2015
2
0
QCQuebec
2022
1
0

Comments on the name Igor

Personalities with the first name Igor

There are 524 personalities with the first name Igor


Igor Stravinsky
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United states of america France Russian empire
Composer Conductor Pianist Musician


Igor Tamm
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Soviet union Russian empire
Inventor University teacher Theoretical physicist


Igor Akinfeïev
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Russia
Association football player


Igor Sikorsky
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United states of america Russian empire Ukrainian people's republic
Businessperson Engineer Inventor Aircraft pilot Aerospace engineer


Igor Kourtchatov
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Russian empire Soviet union
University teacher Nuclear physicist Politician Physicist


Igor De Kiev
src

Kyivska rus'
Politician


Igor Dodon
src

Moldova
Politician


Igor Lediakhov
src

Russia Soviet union
Association football manager Association football player


Igor Denissov
src

Russia
Association football player


Igor Cvitanović
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Croatia Socialist federal republic of yugoslavia
Association football player



There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Igor
Full list of personalities with the first name Igor

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Igor

There are 1411 actors and actresses with the first name Igor
Igor Ozzy
Igor Ljúflings
Igor Szpakowski
Igor Rudolf
Igor Zobor
Igor Minic
Igor Yurtaev
Igor Zinkovskiy
Igor Obloza
Igor Sergeev
Igor Shugaleev
Igor Deus
Igor Chmielnik
Igor Skvarica
Igor Nesvetaev
Igor Pushinov
Igor Shmakov
Igor Damjanov
Igor Beciric
Igor Orozovic
Igor Ivanov
Igor Victor Hornoff
Igor Dolgatschew
Igor Kovac
Igor Stam
Igor Zlotnikov
Igor Osorio
Igor Tripoli
Igor Kharlamov
Igor Khripunov

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Igor
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Igor

Rankings of first name IGOR by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#21PL Poland2022
#177CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#415DE Germany2022
#551IE Ireland2022
#555AT Austria2021
#636IT Italy2021
#661DK Denmark2022
#768GB United Kingdom2021
#842SE Sweden2022
#887CL Chili2021
#911BE Belgium2022
#916AR Argentina2015
#929CH Switzerland2021
#2978FR France2022
#7704QC Quebec2022
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name IGOR (female) births over the last year available in each country