Meaning of the nameHigor
- Male
- Germanic origin
- Hi-gor
Higor is a spelling of the name Igor, which means “from Yngvarr: Yngvi, the name of a god, + herr, 'army, warrior'”.
Meaning
“from Yngvarr: Yngvi, the name of a god, + herr, 'army, warrior'”
Meaning of the name Igor, of which Higor is a spelling.
Source: Wiktionary: Yngvarr · Behind the Name: Ingvar
- People (2022)
- 28,883
- Rank in Brazil
- #845
- Median age
- 22 years
- 2010 Census
- 22,415
- people
Higor in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Higor, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (10,941 people).
153 women 28,730 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Higor is most common
States with the highest share of people named Higor in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.027%
- Goiás 0.025%
- Mato Grosso 0.025%
- Tocantins 0.021%
- Espírito Santo 0.021%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 8,332 | 0.019% |
| Minas Gerais | 4,088 | 0.020% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,940 | 0.012% |
| Goiás | 1,766 | 0.025% |
| Paraná | 1,740 | 0.015% |
| Pernambuco | 1,224 | 0.014% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,104 | 0.015% |
| Mato Grosso | 906 | 0.025% |
| Pará | 842 | 0.010% |
| Espírito Santo | 803 | 0.021% |
| Bahia | 768 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 742 | 0.027% |
| Maranhão | 706 | 0.010% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 675 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 483 | 0.017% |
| Paraíba | 411 | 0.010% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 361 | 0.011% |
| Ceará | 342 | 0.004% |
| Tocantins | 322 | 0.021% |
| Amazonas | 306 | 0.008% |
| Rondônia | 262 | 0.017% |
| Alagoas | 220 | 0.007% |
| Piauí | 170 | 0.005% |
| Sergipe | 147 | 0.007% |
| Roraima | 89 | 0.014% |
| Amapá | 79 | 0.011% |
| Acre | 55 | 0.007% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Higor
It adds a silent initial h, a spelling that the dictionary lists among the Portuguese variants of Igor.
About the name Igor
Wiktionary records Igor as a borrowing from Russian Ígor', which comes from Old Norse Yngvarr. Behind the Name explains Yngvarr, in the entry Ingvar, as the union of the name of the Norse god Yngvi with herr, 'army, warrior'; Wiktionary links the second part to Proto-Germanic harjaz, 'warrior'. José Pedro Machado, cited by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), proposes another origin, through French and Russian from Greek Geórgios, and links the spread of the name to the opera Prince Igor (O Príncipe Igor). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 272,320 people named Igor, with a median age of 23. Higor, Ygor and Hygor are variants that the dictionary also records.
Other spellings of Igor
Sources
- Wiktionary: Igor · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Yngvarr · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Ingvar · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Igor · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Igor · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Higor
What does the name Higor mean?
Higor means “from Yngvarr: Yngvi, the name of a god, + herr, 'army, warrior'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Igor, of which Higor is a spelling.
How many people are named Higor in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 28,883 people with the first name Higor, which ranks it number 845 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Higor a boy's or a girl's name?
Higor is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 153 women and 28,730 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Higor?
Higor is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Higor most common?
Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.027% of the state's population is named Higor (742 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Higor?
Igor, Ygor and Hygor. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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