Igor (given name) explained

Igor
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	Protected by Yngvi
Region:	Kievan Rus'
Origin:	Old Norse
Related Names:	Gregory, Ingvar, Ingrid, Ingram

Igor (Belarusian: Ігар|'''Ihar''' in Belarusian pronounced as /ˈiɣar/; Russian: Игорь|Igor' pronounced as /ru/; Serbian: Игор pronounced as /îɡor/; Ukrainian: Ігор|'''Ihor''' in Ukrainian pronounced as /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 Sedašev (born 1950), Estonian 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 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)