Gender | Male |
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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.