Ingrid

See also: Ingrið

English

Etymology

From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.

Proper noun

Ingrid

  1. 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

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Ingrid, from Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.

Proper noun

Ingrid

  1. a female given name

Czech

Etymology

From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.

Proper noun

Ingrid f

  1. A female given name.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Ingiríðr.

Proper noun

Ingrid

  1. A female given name.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) Ingrid.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ingrid f

  1. A female given name

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse Ingiríðr.

Proper noun

Ingrid

  1. A female given name.

French

Etymology

From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.

Proper noun

Ingrid f

  1. 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

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

  • Popular in Germany from the 1930s to the 1950s.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Ingiríðr.

Proper noun

Ingrid

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

  • In regular use in Norway since the Middle Ages.

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • 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

  1. 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 c (genitive Ingrids)

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.
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