Ingrid (given name)
| File:IngridBergmanportrait.jpg Ingrid Bergman, a famous 20th-century Ingrid | |
| Pronunciation | ING-grid (English); ING-grit (German); ING-ree (Norwegian) |
|---|---|
| Gender | feminine |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Scandinavia |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Ingrida, Ingirid, Ingerid, Ingfrid, Ingri, Inger |
Ingrid is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch feminine given name. It continues the Old Norse name Ingiríðr, which was a short form of Ingfríðr, composed of the theonym Ing and the element fríðr "beloved; beautiful" common in Germanic feminine given names.[1] The name Ingrid (more rarely in the variant Ingerid or Ingfrid; short forms Inga, Inger, Ingri) remains widely given in all of Scandinavia, with the highest frequency in Norway. Norwegian usage peaked in the interbellum period, with more than 2% of newly born girls so named in 1920; popularity declined gradually over the 1930s to 1960s, but picked up again in the late 1970s, peaking above 1.5% in the 1990s.[2]
The name became popular outside of Scandinavia from the 1940s due to the fame of Ingrid Bergman.
People
- Ingerid of Denmark (11th century), Danish princess, Norwegian Queen consort
- Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter (12th century), Queen Consort of Norway
- Saint Ingrid of Skänninge (13th century), Swedish Roman Catholic abbess
- Ingrid Ylva (13th century), Swedish noblewoman
- Ingrid of Sweden (1910–2000), Swedish princess, Queen Consort of Denmark
- Ingrid Alexandra (born 2004), Norwegian princess
- Ingrid Alberini (In-Grid, born 1973), Italian singer
- Ingrid van Bergen (born 1931), German actress
- Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982), Swedish actress
- Íngrid Betancourt (born 1961), Colombian politician
- Ingrid Bjørnov (born 1963), Norwegian musician
- Ingrid Bruckert (born 1952), German field hockey player
- Ingrid Burman (born 1952), Swedish politician
- Ingrid Caven (born 1938), German actress
- Ingrid Chauvin (born 1973), French actress
- Ingrid Hafner (1936–1994), British actress
- Ingrid Hernandez (1999– ), Famous pediatric doctor
- Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921–2015), Dutch astronomer
- Ingrid Janbell (born 1955), Swedish actress, director and lecturer
- Ingrid Jensen (born 1966), Canadian trumpet player and composer
- Ingrid Kavelaars (born 1971), Canadian actress
- Ingrid de Kok (born 1951), South African author
- Ingrid Leijendekker (born 1975), Dutch water polo player
- Ingrid van Lubek (born 1971), Dutch triathlete
- Ingrid Lukas (born 1984), Estonian musician
- Ingrid Luterkort (1910–2011), Swedish actress
- Ingrid Mattson (born 1963), Canadian Muslim activist
- Ingrid Michaelson (born 1979), American singer
- Ingrid Newkirk (born 1949), American animal rights activist
- Ingrid Nilsen (born 1989), American video blogger
- Ingrid Paul (born 1964), Dutch speed skater
- Ingrid Pedersen (1933–2012), Swedish aviator
- Ingrid Peters (born 1954), German singer
- Ingrid Pitt (1937–2010), Polish-British actress
- Ingrid Puusta (born 1990), Estonian windsurfer
- Ingrid Rimland (born 1936), American psychologist and author
- Ingrid Marie Rivera (born 1983), Puerto Rican actress and model
- Ingrid Rivera Rocafort, Puerto Rican businesswoman
- Ingrid Rodríguez (born 1991), Ecuadorian footballer
- Ingrid von Rosen (1930–1995), Swedish diarist, wife of film director Ingmar Bergman
- Ingrid Rubio (born 1975), Spanish actress
- Ingrid Rüütel (born 1935), Estonian folklorist and philologist, First Lady of Estonia
- Ingrid Stengård, Finnish mountain bike orienteer
- Ingrid Stöckl (born 1969), Austrian alpine skier
- Ingrid Thulin (1926–2004), Swedish film actress
- Ingrid Tørlen (born 1979), Norwegian beach volleyball player
- Ingrid Visser (born 1966), New Zealand scientist of Dutch parentage
- Ingrid Visser (1977–2013), Dutch volleyball player
- Ingrid Gärde Widemar (1912–2009) Swedish lawyer and politician
Fictional characters:
- Ingrid, from television series Once Upon a Time
- Ingrid, from television series Sesame Street
- Ingrid, from video game Street Fighter
- Ingrid Beauchamp, from novel Witches of East End and television series Witches of East End
- Ingrid Cortez, from film trilogy Spy Kids
- Ingrid Dracula, from television series Young Dracula
- Ingrid Fletcher, from television series Porridge and Going Straight
- Ingrid Giraffe, from television series My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Ingrid Third, from television series Fillmore!
Notes
- ^ see e.g. Norman, Teresa (2003). A World of Baby Names. Penguin. p. 499. ISBN 0-399-52894-6.
- ^ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
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