Ihor
The Ukrainian form of Igor, both tracing to Norse Ingvarr with the sense "Ing's warrior". Around 37,000 men in Poland carry it, almost all Ukrainian, and it's given to few boys now.
Ihor Pronunciation
Ihor is pronounced EE-khor (/ˈixɔr/).
What Ihor means
Where Ihor comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ihor is the Ukrainian form of the name Poles write as Igor. Its use is Slavic. The root reaches north. Varangian traders and warriors brought Old Norse Ingvarr into Kyivan Rus, where it settled and stayed. The name binds Ing, a god of the old North, to a word for warrior. That gives us the short meaning: Ing's warrior.
The most famous bearer is Prince Ihor Sviatoslavych, who led a failed campaign against the Cumans in 1185. His defeat became a medieval poem, the Slovo o polku Ihorevim, or Tale of Ihor's Campaign, one of the oldest works of East Slavic literature. The Ukrainian Ihor and the Russian and Polish Igor are the same name in different mouths.
On a Polish class register, an Ihor now sits beside an Igor without much fuss. The two forms trace one line back to Ingvarr, and both still mean Ing's warrior.
How many people are named Ihor
1 in 577 men in Poland is named Ihor. 36,977 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #220 among male names.
Ihor's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1253 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2018. Still the #220 name among living men, even as it slips to #1253 among newborns.
Where Ihor is most popular
Ihor is most popular in Świętokrzyskie, 1459% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+266%).
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Świętokrzyskie2 boys born+1459%
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Masovian3 boys born+266%
Ihor as a middle name
Ihor is a first name for 36,977 men in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2405th, between Iair (15) and Iosif (15).
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2403
15Hashim
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2404
15Iair
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240515Ihor
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2406
15Iosif
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2407
15Isidoro