Igor (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Old Norse |
Meaning | Protected |
Region of origin | Kievan Rus' |
Other names | |
Related names | Gregory, Ingvar, Ingrid, Ingram |
Igor (Russian: Игорь, romanized: Igor' [ˈiɡərʲ]; Croatian: Igor [ˈiɡor]; Slovene: Igor [ˈiɡor]; Serbian Cyrillic: Игор, pronounced [îɡor]) is a common given Slavic name derived from the Norse name Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Rus' by the Norse Varangians, in the form Ingvar or Yngvar. Igor (son of the Varangian chief Rurik) was left as a child with Rurik's distant relative (supposedly) first Grand Prince of Kiev - Oleg and later, after the death of Oleg replaced him on Kiev's throne.[1] Outside of the Slavic language sphere, the name has also become common in Brazil and Portugal, and in the Basque-speaking part of Spain.
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 the Assassin, name given to one of the alleged assassins of Alexander Litvinenko
- 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 Bobček (born 1983), Slovak ice hockey defenceman
- Igor Bogdanoff (born 1949), 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 M. Diakonoff (1915–1999), Russian historian, linguist, and translator
- Igor Dodon (born 1975), Moldovan politician and current outgoing president of Moldova
- Igor de Camargo (born 1983), Brazilian / Belgian footballer
- Igor Gabilondo (born 1979), Basque-Spanish footballer
- Igor Gaydamaka, Soviet sprint canoer
- Igor Girkin (born 1970), Russian army artillery veteran
- 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 Kholmanskikh (born 1969), Russian government appointee and former factory worker
- 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 Luzhkovsky (1938–2000), Russian swimmer
- Igor Markevitch (1912-1983), 20th-century Ukrainian-born composer and conductor
- 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 Oistrakh (born 1931), Ukrainian 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 Severyanin (1887–1941), Russian poet
- Igor Shuvalov (born 1967), Russian politician
- Igor Sijsling (born 1987), Dutch tennis player
- Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), Ukrainian-born American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
- Igor Smirnov (born 1941), Transnistrian politician
- Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Russian-born composer of Ukrainian descent
- Igor Subbotin (born 1990), Estonian footballer
- Igor Svyatoslavich (1151–1201/1202), Ukrainian prince
- Igor Ursov (1927–2002) Russian phthisiatrist, scientist
- Igor Yebra (born 1974), Basque-Spanish dancer
- Igor Zubeldia (born 1997), Basque-Spanish footballer
- Igor Štimac, Croatian football manager and former player who played as a centre back.
- Igor Šemrinec, Slovak football goalkeeper.
- Igor Žofčák, Slovak football midfielder.
- Igor Tudor, Croatian professional football coach and former player.
- Igor Bišćan, Croatian professional football manager and former player.
- Igor Vori, Croatian retired handball player and current coach.
- Igor Duljaj, Serbian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
- Igor Kuljerić, Croatian composer and conductor.
- Igor Zidić, Croatian art historian, art critic, poet and essayist.
See also
References
- ^ Melvin G. Wren "The Course of Russian History"