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Ingrid
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Ingrið
English
+ (given name)
Etymology
From en sv -, en no - and en da Ingrid, from en non Ingiríðr.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɪŋ.ɡɹɪd/
Proper noun
en female Old Norse.
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
Czech: cs Ingrid f
Danish: da Ingrid
Estonian: et Ingrid
Faroese: fo Ingirið f, fo Ingrið f
Finnish: fi Inkeri
French: fr Ingrid
German: de Ingrid
Latvian: lv Ingrīda f
Norwegian: no Ingrid
Portuguese: pt Ingrid
Russian: ru И́нгрид f
Slovak: sk Ingrid f
Swedish: sv Ingrid
Anagrams
en dgiinr grid-in riding dingir Riding Dingri
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Ingrid, from ceb sv -, ceb no - and ceb da - sv Ingrid, from ceb non Ingiríðr.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb female Germanic languages
ceb female given names from Danish female given names from English female given names from Norwegian female given names from Swedish
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs sv,no,da Ingrid, from cs non Ingiríðr.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f Ingridin
cs female
Declension
((f.indecl,f))
Danish
Etymology
From da non Ingiríðr.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Old Norse
Related terms
da Inga, da Inge, da Inger
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (nl sv -, nl no -, nl da -) sv Ingrid.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɪŋ.ɣrɪt/
nl Nl-Ingrid.ogg
nl In grid
Proper noun
f
nl female
Derived terms
nl Henk en Ingrid
Estonian
Etymology
Ultimately from et non Ingiríðr.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
Related terms
et Inga, et Inge, et Ingel, et Inna
French
fr:
Etymology
From fr sv -, fr no - and fr da Ingrid, from fr non Ingiríðr.
Pronunciation
Iŋgride
Proper noun
f
fr female
Usage notes
Popular in France in the latter half of the 20th century.
German
de:
Etymology
From de sv -, de no - and de da Ingrid, from de non Ingiríðr.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɪŋɡʁɪt/ seldom /ˈɪŋɡʁiːt/
de De-Ingrid.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Ingrid2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f.gen:s:-[with an article]
de female
Usage notes
Popular in Germany from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Related terms
de Inga, de Inge
Icelandic
Etymology
is Ingiríðr Ingifríðr.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
@@
is female Ingrid
Declension
f
Italian
Pronunciation
Ìngrid<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
f
it da,nl,en,et,de,no,sv female given name
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Ingrid (given name),no:Ingrid
Alternative forms
nb Ingerid, nb Ingri
Etymology
nb non Ingríðr, a contracted variant of non Ingiríðr, itself a variant of the fuller non Ingifríðr. The first element is the divine name Ing, another name of non Yngvi, while the second ultimately continues non fríðr beautiful, fair. The fuller form is also reflected in nb Ingfrid.
Compare da Ingrid, sv Ingrid, is Ingiríður and fo Ingirið female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈɪŋ.rɪ/
nb ɪŋrɪ 2
nb Ingri
nb Ing rid
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Old Norse Ingrid
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Ingrid is 10 February.
In Norway, the name had an initial popularity peak in 1920–1924 and a second peak in 1995–1999.
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 24,062 women in Norway had nb Ingrid as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: Persons, by girls' name and boys' name, Statistics Norway.
References
“Ingrid” in Store norske leksikon.
“Ingrid” at Nordic Names.
“Ingiríðr” at Nordic Names.
“Ingifríðr” at Nordic Names.
Anagrams
nb riding
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
From nn non Ingríðr, a variant of non Ingiríðr, from non Ingifríðr.
Pronunciation
nn /²ɪŋri/
Proper noun
nn proper noun f
nn female Old Norse Ingerid
References
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 24 492 females with the given name Ingrid living in Norway on 1st January 2022, with frequency peaks in the 1920s and the 1990s. Accessed on 9th November, 2022.
Portuguese
Etymology
From pt sv -, pt no - and pt da Ingrid, from pt non Ingiríðr.
Pronunciation
íngridi^ íngride
Proper noun
f
pt female Old Norse Ingrid
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f 1
sk female
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
Íngrid
Proper noun
f
es female
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
From sv non Ingiríðr. Name of Swedish royalty and saints, in continuous use since early Middle Ages.
Pronunciation
sv
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Ingrid.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
Related terms
sv Ing, sv Inga, sv Inger
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 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.