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Igor

/ˈiːɡɔːɹ/

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humorous/ˈaɪɡɔːɹ/

Igor proper noun: a male given name from Russian.

Proper noun

Igor (plural Igors)

  1. A male given name from Russian.

Noun

Igor (plural Igors)

  1. 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.

Forms of Igor

Proper noun
pluralIgors
Noun
pluralIgors

Origin of Igor

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.

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".

Questions about Igor

What does Igor mean?
Igor means a male given name from Russian.
What part of speech is Igor?
Igor can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Igor?
Igor is pronounced /ˈiːɡɔːɹ/.

Words near Igor in the dictionary

  1. IGNs
  2. IGO
  3. Igoe
  4. Igoes
  5. Igopogo
  6. Igor
  7. igorinid
  8. igorinids
  9. Igorot
  10. Igorots
  11. Igorrote

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