Girl · Old Norse
Inger
Say it: ING-er
Meaning
A Danish and Norwegian contraction of Ingegerd: the god-name Ing and Old Norse garðr 'enclosure, protection'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A traditional Danish and Norwegian name, very common in the mid-20th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,364 babies given this name since 1888
- At its height in 1966, about 1 in 14,300 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Swedish | Ingegerd |
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Famous bearers
- Inger Ottesdatter Rømer (Fru Inger of Østråt), 16th-century Norwegian noblewoman
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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