Girl · Old Norse
Ingrid
Say it: ING-rid
Meaning
From Old Norse Ingríðr: the god-name Ing (Yngvi) and fríðr 'beautiful, beloved'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in medieval Scandinavia and very popular across the Nordic countries in the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1960s
In the United States
- 26,622 babies given this name since 1897
- At its height in 1967, about 1 in 2,900 girls
- 251 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Old Norse | Ingríðr |
|---|---|
| Icelandic | Ingríður |
| Finnish | Inkeri |
Famous bearers
- Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress
- Ingrid of Sweden, queen of Denmark
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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