The baby name Ihor is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Ukrainian: [ˈiɦɔr] (EE-hor); Russian: [ˈiɡor] (EE-gor).
Ihor is Norse in Origin.
The baby name Ihor is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Ukrainian: [ˈiɦɔr] (EE-hor); Russian: [ˈiɡor] (EE-gor).
Ihor is Norse in Origin.
Ihor is the standard Ukrainian form of a name ultimately derived from Old Norse Yngvarr/Ingvarr, composed of the theonym Ing/Yngvi (the god associated with fertility, later known as Freyr) and the element -varr “warrior, defender.” It carries the sense “Ing’s warrior” or “protected by Ing.”
The name entered the East Slavic world with the Varangians who were active in the formation of Kyivan Rus’, where it adapted into Old East Slavic as Ihor/Igor. It appears in chronicles and is immortalized by the medieval epic The Tale of Ihor’s Campaign about Prince Ihor Sviatoslavych (1185). In modern Ukraine, Ihor rose in the 19th–20th centuries and remains familiar. Variants include Igor (Russian, Belarusian, Polish, Czech, and others), Ihar (Belarusian), and Ingvar/Yngvar (Scandinavian). Ukrainian diminutives include Ihorik and Ihorchyk.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| MU | 0 | #137 | 1 | 3,613 | |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #151 | 1 | 2,166 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #173 | 2 | 3,954 |
| CZ | 0 | #184 | 3 | 3,154 | |
| AE | 0 | #187 | 1 | 10,220 | |
| RU | 0 | #192 | 3 | 3,641 | |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| IR | 0 | #229 | 3 | 4,221 | |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #236 | 105 | 6,459 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #241 | 64 | 6,530 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #271 | 3 | 6,912 |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #329 | 4 | 7,401 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #336 | 32 | 7,951 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #364 | 1 | 5,096 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #368 | 2 | 8,477 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #473 | 80 | 10,162 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #490 | 16 | 12,621 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #509 | 2 | 10,188 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #539 | 10 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #595 | 13 | 10,983 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #677 | 6 | 3,552 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #739 | 1 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #860 | 71 | 5,610 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #940 | 13 | 5,697 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #941 | 11 | 5,873 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,137 | 7 | 22,615 |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,269 | 203 | 10,046 |
Ihor is popular in 28 countries — most recent births per country:
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