Ingrid (given name)

Ingrid is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch feminine given name. It continues the Old Norse name Ingiríðr, which was a short form of Ingfríðr, composed of the theonym Ing and the element fríðr "beloved; beautiful" common in Germanic feminine given names.[1] The name Ingrid (more rarely in the variant Ingerid or Ingfrid; short forms Inga, Inger, Ingri) remains widely given in all of Scandinavia, with the highest frequency in Norway. Norwegian usage peaked in the interbellum period, with more than 2% of newly born girls so named in 1920; popularity declined gradually over the 1930s to 1960s, but picked up again in the late 1970s, peaking above 1.5% in the 1990s.[2]

Ingrid
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈɪŋɡrɪd/ ING-grid
German: [ˈɪŋɡʁɪt]
Swedish: [ˈɪ̌ŋːrɪd]
Norwegian: [ˈɪ̀ŋːriː]
Danish: [ˈiŋˌʁiːðˀ]
Genderfeminine
Origin
Word/nameScandinavia
Other names
Related namesIngrida, Ingrīda, Ingirid, Ingerid, Ingfrid, Ingri, Inger, Inkeri

The name became popular outside of Scandinavia from the 1940s due to the fame of Ingrid Bergman.

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Notes

  1. see e.g. Norman, Teresa (2003). A World of Baby Names. Penguin. p. 499. ISBN 0-399-52894-6.
  2. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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