Yegor

Yegor (Russian: Егор, [jɪˈɡor]; Belarusian: Ягор, romanized: Yahor; Ukrainian: Єгор, romanized: Yehor) is an East Slavic given name. Other spellings include Egor, Egori, Jegor (a common variant in Slavic countries with a Latin alphabet) and Jegors (Latvian and Lithuanian variant).

The name originated as a colloquial form of the name Георгий, later accepted into formal speech.[1] It is derived from Greek Γεώργιος (Georgy),[a] with initial [Γ] omitted due to merger of soft [г] -> [й] before [е] ([ге]->[йе]->[е]).[b]. By the same phonemic reason the name Γεώργιος was earlier converted into Еорий -> Юрий, Yury.[4]

Notable people with these names include:

  1. ^ Петровский Н. А., Словарь русских личных имён, Online: [=28 Егор]
  2. ^ ЕГОР
  3. ^ ерой, citing Историко-лингвистический словарь трилогии «Государева вотчина»
  4. ^ Суперанская А. В. Происхождение имен и фамилий, 2000


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