Comments for the name Igor

I think Igor was the name of Frankenstein's hunchbacked assistant. Probably not a good conotation.

Pronounced EE-gor.

Pronounced eega.

Oh, and Igor Karkoroff is also a character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books! YAY!

No offense to anyone but I don't like this name, it sounds cold and evil.

It's not just Russian or Polish name. It's a Slavic name in general.

Also a boys name in Slovenia. [noted -ed] Ivor is a very rare name, if used at all.

Igor is a Russian form of George, it's meaning is "farmer".
Refer also to http://www.zelo.com/firstnames/findresults.asp?name=IGOR
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/george

It's definitely not. Russian form of George is Jurij (Yuriy).

Another origin is from Old Norse "Yngvar". "Yng" is a shortened form of "Freyr", and "var" means warrior or defender.

That green tubby assistant to the count on The Hilarious House of Frightenstein was named Igor.

I think it would've been a nice name if it wasn't connected to the character in Frankenstein. I don't want my child's peers to laugh at him.

The name is of Slavic origin not Norse, we have other names such as Jago, Jagomir, Jagos and Jagor which is derived from a flower of the same name + a feminine suffix (jagorcevina, jagorcika). Also Ivor is Slavic deriving from the word 'javor' (marple tree). Both names occur in Serbian.

A famous bearer who was no doubt named after the afore-mentioned famous bearer is M*A*S*H character Private Igor Straminsky, called "keeper of the public ptomaine" by Hawkeye, and played by Jeff Maxwell.

This name is used in Croatia, too. [noted -ed]

I enjoy the resounding boom this name has. You certainly wouldn't forget meeting a boy named Igor.

Any self-respecting Mad Scientist or old-fashioned vampire needs one, that's why there's a whole clan of Igors in the Discworld.

I love this name. I think Iggy is a cute nickname.

The name originates in Israel.

Igor has absolutely nothing to do with Israel uneducated one. Plus the way Igor is pronounced in Russian is E gahr very soft with a very soft R at the end. In English speaking countries it sounds rough because English is a harsher sounding language in general.

Igor Olshansky is an American football player.

Hurricane Igor was a large hurricane that hit Newfoundland in September 2010. Because it was the costliest hurricane in Newfoundland on record (by the time I posted this comment), the name Igor was retired and replaced by Ian for 2016.

As the page mentions, Igor Stravinsky is a famous bearer of the name.