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Ingrid
Ingrid
See also: Ingrið
English
Proper noun
Ingrid
- A female given name.
Usage notes
- Occasionally borne by Anglophones since the 19th century.
- Popular name in the royal houses of Scandinavia, also the name of a Swedish 13th century saint.
Translations
female given name
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.
Proper noun
Ingrid f
- A female given name.
Estonian
Etymology
Ultimately from Old Norse Ingiríðr.
Proper noun
Ingrid
- A female given name.
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French
Etymology
From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.
Proper noun
Ingrid f
- A female given name.
Usage notes
- Popular in France in the latter half of the 20th century.
German
Etymology
From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.
Proper noun
Ingrid
- A female given name.
Usage notes
- Popular in Germany from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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Norwegian
Etymology
Proper noun
Ingrid
- A female given name.
Usage notes
- In regular use in Norway since the Middle Ages.
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References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 24 803 females with the given name Ingrid living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 1920s and the 1990s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈĩ.ɡɾid͡ʒ/, /ˈĩ.ɡɾi.d͡ʒi/
Proper noun
Ingrid f
- A female given name, equivalent to English Ingrid
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Ingiríðr. Name of Swedish royalty and saints, in continuous use since early Middle Ages.
Proper noun
Ingrid
- A female given name.
Related terms
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 120 889 females with the given name Ingrid living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.