Etymology

Igor

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Russian И́горь ← Old Norse Yngvarr
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Igor · proper noun1

  1. Old Norse · derived fromYngvarr
  2. Russian · derived fromИ́горь
  3. English todayIgor

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, Ihar, and Ihor.

Igor · noun2

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".

Words from the same roots

Old NorseYngvarr all →

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