Yegor
A Russian form of a Greek name meaning "earth-worker," one who tills the soil. It stays rare in Poland: only about 500 men carry it, so most people here have never met one.
Yegor Pronunciation
Yegor is pronounced ih-E-gor (/ɨˈɛgɔr/).
What Yegor means
Where Yegor comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Yegor is the Russian form of George. Both descend from the Greek Georgios, made from gē, earth, and ergon, work. The root is the earth itself. A farmer, someone who works the ground.
In Russian, one saint's name broke into several. Georgiy kept close to the Greek spelling, Yuriy wandered off into a life of its own, and Yegor settled in as the plain, everyday form. For a long stretch it belonged to farmers and laborers more than to princes, which fits a name that already meant the one who tills the field.
Picture a class register at a Polish szkoła with a single Yegor among the Kacpers and Zuzannas. The name reads as foreign on the page, yet its meaning stays legible under the Greek: earth-worker, farmer.
How many people are named Yegor
1 in 39751 men in Poland is named Yegor. 537 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1282 among male names.
Yegor's popularity over time
4 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1159 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021.
Where Yegor is most popular
Yegor is most popular in Greater Poland, 346% above the national average (4 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+111%) and Masovian (+103%).
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Greater Poland4 boys born+346%
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Silesian2 boys born+111%
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Masovian3 boys born+103%