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{{short description|Common Slavic given name}}
'''Igor''' is a Russian name, apparently brought to ancient ] by the ] (], ]).
{{Infobox given name
| name = Igor
| image= Radzivill Igor-945.jpg
| imagesize=
| caption= '''Igor of Kiev''', first from right. Illumination from the ]
| pronunciation=
| gender = Male
| meaning = Protected by ]
| region = ]
| origin = ]
| related names = ], ], ], ]
| footnotes =
}}


'''Igor''' ({{langx|be|Ігар|'''Ihar'''}} {{IPA-be|ˈiɣar|}}; {{langx|ru|Игорь|Igor'}} {{IPA|ru|ˈiɡərʲ|}}; {{lang-sr-Cyrl|Игор}} {{IPA|sh|îɡor|pron}}; {{langx|uk|Ігор|'''Ihor'''}} {{IPA|uk|ˈiɦor|}}; ) is a common ] given name derived from the ] name ], that was brought to ] by the Norse ], see ]. The name can be translated as warrior under the protection of the god Ingvar or protector of the gods. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Ovo moćno i snažno ime roditelji biraju za dječake koji će biti junaci |url=https://www.index.hr/mame/clanak/ovo-mocno-i-snazno-ime-roditelji-biraju-za-djecake-koji-ce-biti-junaci/2594000.aspx |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.index.hr |language=hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Čilaš Šimpraga, Ivšić Majić and Vidović |title=Rječnik 500 najčešćih suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena |publisher=Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje |pages=29 |language=Hr}}</ref>
''See Also:''
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==People==
===Igor===
*], ruler of ] from 913 to 945
*] (died 1147), Grand Prince of Kiev (1146)
*] (born 1986), Russian football goalkeeper
*] (born 1983), Russian tennis player
*] (born 1984), Basque-Spanish footballer
*] (born 1983), Basque-Spanish cyclist
*] (born 1991), Basque-Spanish footballer
*] (born 1976), Basque-Spanish cyclist
*] (1928–2005), Soviet statesman
*] (born 1983), Slovak ice hockey defenceman
*] (1949–2022), French science fiction author
*] (born 1994), Belarusian Paralympic swimmer
*] (born 1970), Brazilian musician
*] (1932–2020), Russian camera operator
*] (1894–1918), Russian royalty
*] (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
*] (born 1978), Russian-American analyst
*] (1915–1999), Russian historian, linguist, and translator
*] (born 1975), Moldovan politician and president of Moldova from 2016 to 2020
*] (born 1983), Brazilian / Belgian footballer
*] (born 1997), Russian ice dancer who defected to the United States
*] (born 1979), Basque-Spanish footballer
*], Soviet sprint canoer
*] (born 1970), Russian army veteran and former Federal Security Service officer who played a key role in the Russian annexation of Crimea
*] (1929–2017), London-based Russian art historian
*] (born 1973), Basque-Spanish cyclist
*] (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
*] (born 1983), Belarusian-Polish composer
*] (born 1969), Russian government appointee and former factory worker
*], Brazilian footballer
*] (born 1962), Russian musician, singer and songwriter
*] (born 1971), Serbian basketball coach
*] (born 1981), Russian tennis player
*] (1985–2013), Russian chess grandmaster
*] (born 1960), Soviet and Russian retired ] player
*] (born 1985), Polish football defender
*] (1983/1984–2022), Basque politician
*] (1938–2000), Russian swimmer
*] (1912–1983), Russian-born composer and conductor
*] (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
*] (born 1989), Basque-Spanish footballer
*] (born 1973), Slovak politician
*] (born 1981), Slovenian ski jumper
*] (born 1970), Russian football player and coach
*] (born 1990), Basque-Spanish cyclist
*] (born 1960), Russian physicist
*] (born 1990), Israeli-Ukrainian basketball player in the ]
*] (1966–2013), Russian ice hockey player
*] (born 1960), Russian singer, composer and songwriter
*] (1931–2021), Russian violinist
*] (born 1986), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
*] (born 1982), Ukrainian-born American National Football League player
*] (born 1998), Japanese-born Brazilian racing driver and eSports racer
*] (born 1979), Russian pole vaulter
*] (born 1966), Russian ice hockey player
*] (1915–1984), Russian art collector and art museum director.
*] (born 1960), Russian businessman and politician
*] (born 1950), Estonian politician
*] (1887–1941), Russian poet
*] (born 1995), Russian ice hockey player
*] (born 1967), Russian politician
*] (born 1987), Dutch tennis player
*] (1889–1972), Russian-born American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft
*] (born 1941), Transnistrian politician
*] (1882–1971), Russian composer and conductor
*] (born 1990), Estonian footballer
*] (1151–1201/1202), prince of Putivl (1164–1180), of Novgorod-Seversk (1180–1198), and of Chernigov (1198–1201/1202)
*] (1974–2022), Polish football forward
*] (1917–2006), Polish actor
*] (born 1978), Croatian footballer and manager
*] (1927–2002) Russian phthisiatrist, scientist
*] (born 1974), Basque-Spanish dancer
*] (born 1997), Basque-Spanish footballer


===Ihar===
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*] (1961–2002), Belarusian journalist and political activist.
*] (1981–2018), convicted Belarusian murderer, soldier and fraudster
*] (born 1979), Belarusian judoka
*] (born 1959), Belarusian former rower
*] (born 1981), Belarusian footballer
*] (born 1968), Belarusian legal and political expert, journalist and human rights activist
*] (born 1985), Belarusian footballer
*] (born 1974), Belarusian footballer and coach
*] (born 1976), Belarusian footballer and coach
*] (born 1970), Belarusian footballer
*] (born 1987), Belarusian footballer
*] (born 1984), Belarusian footballer and coach


===Ihor===
'''Igor''' or '''Egor''' is the traditional ] or clich&eacute; hunch-backed lab assistant to the ], familiar from many ]s and horror movie parodies.
*] (born 1981), Ukrainian footballer
*] (born 1985), Kazakhstani footballer
*] (born 1939), Georgian-born Soviet racewalker
*] (born 1982), Ukrainian politician, member of Parliament
*] (born 1939), Ukrainian poet and dissident during Soviet times
*] (born 1995), Ukrainian footballer
*] (born 1962), Ukrainian diplomat
*] (born 1986), Ukrainian footballer
*] (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
*] (born 1971), Ukrainian politician and entrepreneur
*] (born 1963), Ukrainian businessman
*] (born 1965) Ukrainian businessman and politician
*] (born 1991), Ukrainian singer, songwriter, producer and DJ, member in a number of musical bands
*] (born 1996), Ukrainian footballer
*] (born 1966), Ukrainian businessman and entrepreneur
*] (born 1978), Ukrainian journalist and politician
*], Ukrainian footballer
*], Ukrainian footballer
*] (born 1962), Ukrainian optoelectronic engineer and politician
*] (born 1990), Ukrainian long distance runner
*] (born 1967), Ukrainian writer, translator and research worker
*] (born 1990), Ukrainian footballer
*] (born 1962), Ukrainian film director and visual artist
*] (born 1968), Ukrainian diplomat
*] or Raynin (born 1973), Ukrainian politician
*] (born 1994), Ukrainian cross-country skier and biathlete
*] (1934–2005), Ukrainian weightlifter
*] (born 1994), Ukrainian figure skater
*] (born 1956), Ukrainian diplomat
*] (1943–2002), Soviet long-distance runner
*] (born 1971), Ukrainian politician, government minister, and lawyer
*] (1922–2009), Polish-born philologist and historian of Ukrainian origin
*] (born 1967), Ukrainian banker, chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine
*] (born 1958), Ukrainian businessman
*] (born 1994), Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy
*] (born 1989), Ukrainian footballer
*] (1925–2024), Ukrainian physicist and politician, and a member of the Presidium
*] (born 1961), Ukrainian economist and politician
*] (born 1991), Ukrainian footballer


==Fictional characters==
The clich&eacute; has its origins in the character of Ygor, played by ], in the ] horror movies '']'' and '']''; it also owes something to the hunchbacked lab assistant in ], whose name was Fritz.
*], a ]
The archetypal Igor, however, is probably the character of that name played by ] in '']'', ]'s parody of Universal's Frankenstein movies.
*Igor, a baboon with shape-shifting powers in '']''
*Igor, in the ]
*Igor, in '']''
*Igor, in '']''
*Igor, in the 1989 US fighting game '']''
*Igor, in the 1985 US horror film '']''
*Igor, in the 2008 US computer-animated horror comedy film '']''
*], in the 1998 young adult novel '']''
*], in the US TV drama series '']''
*], in the '']'' series
*Igor Nevsky, in the 1997 US political action thriller film ]
*Igor Parker, in the 1994 graphic adventure game '']''
*], in the US action TV series '']''
*] (created October 10, 1959), "virtual" poet, created by Argentine writer, artist, photographer, and illustrator Rafael San Martín
*], in '']''
*], in the US media franchise '']''
*], in '']''
*], in '']''
*Igor Khymynuk, in ]


==References==
In ]'s humorous fantasy novels, the ] region of the ] (that is, the region of the Discworld noted for resembling a collection of horror movie clich&eacute;s) is home to an extended family of hunch-backed lab assistants with speech disabilities, every single one of whom is named Igor.
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The "Albino" character in '']'' seems to be built on the Igor archetype.


In general, an Igor is any flunky, patsy, minion or bidding-doer in a fantasy or science fiction work--and the more disfigured the better.


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Latest revision as of 12:28, 27 December 2024

Common Slavic given name
Igor
Igor of Kiev, first from right. Illumination from the Radziwiłł Chronicle
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameOld Norse
MeaningProtected by Yngvi
Region of originKievan Rus'
Other names
Related namesGregory, 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. The name can be translated as warrior under the protection of the god Ingvar or protector of the gods.

People

Igor

Ihar

Ihor

Fictional characters

References

  1. "Ovo moćno i snažno ime roditelji biraju za dječake koji će biti junaci". www.index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-12-25.
  2. Čilaš Šimpraga, Ivšić Majić and Vidović. Rječnik 500 najčešćih suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Croatian). Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje. p. 29.
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