Yegor as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Yegor

What is the meaning of the name Yegor ?

The baby name Yegor is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced yeh-GOR.

Yegor is Greek, Russian in Origin.

Yegor is the English transliteration of Russian Егор, a vernacular form of the baptismal name Георгий, Georgiy. Its ultimate source is Ancient Greek Γεώργιος, Georgios, a personal name formed from geōrgos, farmer: gē, earth or soil, plus ergon, work. The literal sense is therefore earth-worker or farmer. In Russian, the initial Greek ge- was adapted through East Slavic and church forms into Ye- in this familiar spoken form, while the learned ecclesiastical spelling preserved Georgiy.

The name belongs to the Orthodox naming tradition shaped by the cult of Saint George, known in Russian as Georgiy Pobedonosets and in folk style as Yegoriy the Brave. Yegor has been chiefly Russian, with Egor a common transliteration; related forms include Yuri, Georgi, George, Giorgio, and Jorge. In the United States it remains rare, appearing mainly in recent SSA records.