Yegor (Cyrillic: Его́р, [jɪˈɡor]) is a Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian given name. Alternative spellings include Egor, Egori, Yahor, Yehor (Ukrainian), Jegor (a common variant in Slavic countries with a Latin alphabet) and Jegors (Latvian and Lithuanian variant.) The name has Balto-Slavic origin that means "hunter", "spearman" and "warrior". It is related to the Germanic name Jäger, Scandinavian name Jæger and Finnish name Yrjö. Since the name Yegor is of pagan origin, the Eastern Orthodox Church baptizes people with this name under a pseudonym name Giorgos/Georgy, which is seen as the Christianized version of the name.

Notable people with these names include:

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