Yegor
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Yegor (, ; ; ) is an East Slavic given name. Other spellings include Egor, Egori, Jegor (a common variant in Slavic countries with a Latin alphabet) and Jegors (Latvian variant).
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- Instance of
- male given name
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- native label
- Егор
- language of work or name
- Russian
- writing system
- Cyrillic script
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- Yahor, Yehor
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Yegor (, ; ; ) is an East Slavic given name. Other spellings include Egor, Egori, Jegor (a common variant in Slavic countries with a Latin alphabet) and Jegors (Latvian variant).
The name originated as a colloquial form of the name Георгий, later accepted into formal speech. It is derived from Greek Γεώργιος (Georgy), with initial [Γ] omitted due to merger of soft [г] -> [й] before [е] ([ге]->[йе]->[е]).. By the same phonemic reason the name Γεώργιος was earlier converted into Еорий -> Юрий, Yury.
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