"Igor" meaning in English

See Igor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈiːɡɔːɹ/, /ˈaɪɡɔːɹ/ [humorous] Forms: Igors [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|И́горь}} Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), {{der|en|non|Yngvarr}} Old Norse Yngvarr, {{m|non|Ingvarr}} Ingvarr, {{m|non|Yngvi}} Yngvi, {{m|non|herr||army}} herr (“army”), {{doublet|en|Ivor}} Doublet of Ivor Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Igor (plural Igors)
  1. A male given name from Russian. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (male given name): Igor (Basque), І́гар (Íhar) [masculine] (Belarusian), 伊戈爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 伊戈尔 (Yīgē'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), Igor [masculine] (Czech), Jigór [masculine] (Kashubian), Igors [masculine] (Latvian), Igor [masculine] (Polish), Igor [masculine] (Portuguese), Ígor [masculine] (Portuguese), И́горь (Ígorʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Igor [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Игор [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Igor [masculine] (Slovak), І́гор (Íhor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), איגאָר (igor) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Igor-en-name-lNOXKdIM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈiːɡɔːɹ/, /ˈaɪɡɔːɹ/ [humorous] Forms: Igors [plural]
Etymology: 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". Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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. Categories (topical): Fiction
    Sense id: en-Igor-en-noun-Mx1HQxl0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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