Yegor


Yegor is an East Slavic given name. Other spellings include Egor, Egori, Jegor and Jegors.
The name originated as a colloquial form of the name Георгий, later accepted into formal speech. It is derived from Greek Γεώργιος, with initial omitted due to merger of soft -> before .. By the same phonemic reason the name Γεώργιος was earlier converted into Еорий -> Юрий, Yury.
Notable people with these names include:

Egor

Jegor

Yahor, Yehor

Yegor