Igor

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːɡɔːɹ/

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• (humorously) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪɡɔːɹ/

Transliterated from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), a Varangian name derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (“army”). Doublet of Ivor.

Igor (plural Igors)

1. A male given name from Russian.

From the hunchbacked lab assistant to Dr. Victor Frankenstein in the 1931 U.S. film Frankenstein of Universal Studios, which was named "Fritz", and the successor to Dr. Frankenstein found in the third and fourth films, named "Ygor"; which have been conflated in popular culture to become "Igor".

Igor (plural Igors)

1. (fiction) A stock character, the lab assistant to a mad scientist, vampire, or miser frequently depicted as being deformed in some manner, physically and/or psychologically.

• Giro, Gori, giro

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪɡor]

Igor m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Igor

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From Russian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡor/
• Rhymes: -iɡor
• Hyphenation: Ì‧gor

Igor m

1. a male given name

• Giro, Gori, giro, giro-, girò, igro-, rigo, rigò

Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), from Old Norse Yngvarr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɡɔr/

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• Rhymes: -iɡɔr
• Syllabification: I‧gor

Igor m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ivor

• Ígor

Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), from Old Norse Yngvarr.

• Hyphenation: I‧gor

Igor m

1. a male given name from Russian, equivalent to English Igor

Borrowed from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (“army”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɡɔr/

Igor m pers

1. a male given name

• “Igor”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025