Ingrid (given name)

Ingrid is a feminine first name.

Variants

  • Danish: Inger, Ingerid, Ingfred, Ingred
  • Faroese: Ingirið, Ingrid
  • Finnish: Inker, Inkeri, Inkri
  • Icelandic: Ingifríður, Ingiríður
  • Lithuanian: Ingrida
  • Norwegian: Ingefrid, Inger, Ingerid, Ingfrid, Ingfrida, Ingfryd, Ninni
  • Polish: Ingryda
  • Sami: Iŋgir
  • Swedish: Ingefrid, Inger, Ingifridh, Ingra, Ingri
  • Slovak: Ingrida

Origin and Meaning

The name Ingrid arose from the composition of the Old Norse words " ingwia " ( the tribal or rain god Ingwio ordained ) or " Fridr " ( beauty).

Dissemination

At the beginning of the 20th century, the name Ingrid was rather uncommon in Germany. However, from about 1910, the name came more and more into fashion. From the late twenties to the early fifties, the name was among the ten most awarded female name, in 1934 even the most common at all. However, his popularity waned during the fifties and sixties, so that today called barely children Ingrid.

Name Days

  • In Lithuania: September 2
  • In Slovakia May 8
  • FEBRUARY 26: in Denmark and Norway
  • In Finland: October 5
  • In Sweden: 5 and 9 October

Famous names winners

  • Ingrid Alexandra of Norway ( * 2004), Princess of Norway, daughter of Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Crown Princess Mette -Marit of Norway
  • Ingrid of Sweden (1910-2000), wife of King Frederick IX. of Denmark
  • Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982), Swedish actress
  • Íngrid Betancourt ( b. 1961 ), French - Colombian politician and former FARC hostage
  • Ingrid Bruckert (* 1952), German hockey player
  • Ingrid Caven (* 1938), German chanson singer and actress
  • Ingrid Eberle ( b. 1957 ), Austrian alpine skier
  • Ingrid Hadler ( born 1946 ), Norwegian orienteer
  • Ingrid Haebler (* 1926), Austrian pianist
  • Ingrid Hätscher, German rower
  • Ingrid Hofmann (born 1954 ), German entrepreneur
  • Ingrid Jacquemod ( b. 1978 ) French alpine skier
  • Ingrid Klimke (* 1968), German dressage and eventing rider
  • Ingrid Leodolter (1919-1986), Austrian politician ( SPÖ) and Health Minister
  • Ingrid Matthäus -Maier ( born 1945 ), German politician
  • Ingrid Newkirk ( born 1949 ), English animal rights activist (PETA )
  • Ingrid Noll ( born 1935 ), German crime writer
  • Ingrid Pan ( * 1930), German actress and radio speaker
  • Ingrid Peters ( b. 1954 ), German pop singer
  • Ingrid Schmidt ( born 1955 ), President of the Federal Labour Court
  • Ingrid Steeger (* 1947), German actress
  • Ingrid Stöckl (born 1969 ), Austrian alpine skier
  • Ingrid Thurnher (* 1962), Austrian television journalist and presenter
  • Ingrid Wendl - Turković (* 1940), Austrian figure skater and TV presenter
  • In-Grid (* 1978), Ingrid Emiliana Alberini actually, Italian singer

Others

  • ( 1026) Ingrid, an asteroid of the main belt.
  • The Ingrid make - In the network culture, especially in Usenet, refers to the phrase The Ingrid make (and corresponding modifications ) that an author responds to his own contribution, for example, because he himself has found the answer to his problem before someone another answered him. This is then signed " Ingrid". Name Stiftend was a writer named Ingrid, who had become conspicuous by excessive self- responses. The phrase can be via Google Groups first time, shown in a message dated 6 August 1997.
  • Ingo, Inga, Ingolf, Ingmar, Ingo Soon, Inca, subsidence, Ina

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