Meaning of the nameYgor
- Male
- Germanic origin
- Y-gor
Ygor 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 Ygor is a spelling.
Source: Wiktionary: Yngvarr · Behind the Name: Ingvar
- People (2022)
- 15,777
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,249
- Median age
- 20 years
- 2010 Census
- 10,423
- people
Ygor in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ygor, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (5,683 people).
98 women 15,679 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 Ygor is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ygor in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio de Janeiro 0.013%
- São Paulo 0.010%
- Distrito Federal 0.010%
- Goiás 0.009%
- Espírito Santo 0.009%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 4,563 | 0.010% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,097 | 0.013% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,616 | 0.008% |
| Paraná | 752 | 0.007% |
| Goiás | 658 | 0.009% |
| Bahia | 655 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 624 | 0.006% |
| Pará | 531 | 0.007% |
| Pernambuco | 476 | 0.005% |
| Santa Catarina | 463 | 0.006% |
| Espírito Santo | 357 | 0.009% |
| Ceará | 328 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 299 | 0.008% |
| Maranhão | 298 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 296 | 0.008% |
| Distrito Federal | 281 | 0.010% |
| Amazonas | 243 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 239 | 0.009% |
| Alagoas | 216 | 0.007% |
| Sergipe | 177 | 0.008% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 157 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 118 | 0.004% |
| Rondônia | 101 | 0.006% |
| Tocantins | 84 | 0.006% |
| Roraima | 61 | 0.010% |
| Amapá | 45 | 0.006% |
| Acre | 42 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Ygor
It replaces the initial i with y, a spelling listed by the dictionary among the 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 Ygor
What does the name Ygor mean?
Ygor 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 Ygor is a spelling.
How many people are named Ygor in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 15,777 people with the first name Ygor, which ranks it number 1,249 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Ygor a boy's or a girl's name?
Ygor is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 98 women and 15,679 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Ygor?
Ygor is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Ygor most common?
Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.013% of the state's population is named Ygor (2,097 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Ygor?
Igor, Higor and Hygor. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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