The name Ingvar is an Old Norse first name for men common in Scandinavia meaning "protected by Yngvi".
The first element of the name is derived from Proto-Norse *Ing(w)ia (Ingi-), Norse Yngvi, who is better known by the title Freyr "Lord".
The second element is probably either *harjaz (warrior) or *warjaz (defender).
Igor is a given name derived from the Scandinavian name Ingvar that was brought to Kievan Rus' by the Varangians.
[citation needed] Old English sources suggest that the birth-name of Ivar the Boneless might have been Ingvar; he is referred to as Hyngvar, Hingvar and Inguar in the English annals.