Igor

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Игорь in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 6 more, Ігор in UA Ukraine, Igor' in MD Moldova and Игорс in LV Latvia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Igor is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name436K records spelled Igor32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Germany, Russia

  Languages: English, German, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Igor', Ìgor, Îgor, Igor’, Ígor

• Estonian given name64K records spelled Igor11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Estonia, Finland, United States

  Languages: Estonian, Hungarian, Finnish

  Also written Igor', Igör, Igõr, Ígor, Igór

• Romanian given name45K records spelled Igor3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, United States, Romania, Italy

  Also written Igõr, Ígor

• a separate given name12K records spelled Igor7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus

  Also written Igor', Igor’, Ìgor, Ígor, Ìgor'

• Catalan given name10K records spelled Igor2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Ígor

• Lithuanian given name2.8K records spelled Igor4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, United States

  Languages: Lithuanian, Latvian

  Also written Igor'

• Russian given name1.3K records spelled Igor113 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Егор, Єгор, Yehor, Egor, Yahor

75 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Igor is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Slavic name, possibly from Old Norse Ingvarr.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Swedish, Igor är en rysk form av → Ingvar. En känd namnbärare är kompositören Igor Stravinskij (1882–1971).

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, d’origine slave, « gardien de la jeunesse ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Slave oriental, probablement issu du norrois Ingvarr.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In German, from Germanic Ing- + *war- element

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 90 years between 1930–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Igor of Kievb. 878UAprince of Kiev (877–945)
• Igor Stravinskyb. 1882RURussian, French, and American composer (1882–1971)
• Igor Sikorskyb. 1889USAmerican aviation pioneer from Russian Empire (1889–1972)
• Igor Yevgenyevich Tammb. 1895RUSoviet physicist (1895–1971)
• Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatovb. 1903RUSoviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960)
• Igor Smirnovb. 1941RUfirst President of Transnistria
• Igor Matovičb. 1973SKSlovak entrepreneur and politician
• Igor Semshovb. 1978RURussian footballer
• Igor Denisovb. 1984RURussian footballer
• Igor Akinfeevb. 1986RURussian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 914 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Igor?

We estimate roughly 502 thousand people bear Igor (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Igor have the most bearers?

Igor is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled игорь.

How common is Igor compared with other names?

In Russia, Igor is the 30th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Igor a male or female name?

Igor is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Igor mean?

Recorded meaning: Hero; also Russian variation of the name George