Ingrid

== English == === Etymology === From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr. === Proper noun === Ingrid A female given name from 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 ==== === Anagrams === grid-in, riding, dingir, Riding, Dingri == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English Ingrid, from Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr. === Proper noun === Ingrid a female given name from the Germanic languages == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɪŋɡrɪt] === Proper noun === Ingrid f (relational adjective Ingridin) a female given name ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse Ingiríðr. === Proper noun === Ingrid a female given name from Old Norse ==== Related terms ==== Inga, Inge, Inger == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) Ingrid. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪŋ.ɣrɪt/ Hyphenation: In‧grid === Proper noun === Ingrid f a female given name ==== Derived terms ==== Henk en Ingrid == Estonian == === Etymology === Ultimately from Old Norse Ingiríðr. === Proper noun === Ingrid a female given name ==== Related terms ==== Inga, Inge, Ingel, Inna == French == === Etymology === From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iŋ.ɡʁid/ === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪŋɡʁɪt/, (seldom) /ˈɪŋɡʁiːt/ === Proper noun === Ingrid f (proper noun, genitive Ingrids or (with an article) Ingrid) a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Popular in Germany from the 1930s to the 1950s. ==== Related terms ==== Inga, Inge == Icelandic == === Etymology === Doublet of Ingiríðr and Ingifríðr. === Proper noun === Ingrid f (proper noun, genitive singular Ingridar) a female given name, equivalent to English Ingrid ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈin.ɡrid/ Rhymes: -inɡrid Hyphenation: Ìn‧grid === Proper noun === Ingrid f a female given name in Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, German, Norwegian, or Swedish === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === Ingerid, Ingri === Etymology === Inherited from Old Norse Ingríðr, a contracted variant of Ingiríðr, itself a variant of the fuller Ingifríðr. The first element is the divine name Ing, another name of Yngvi, while the second ultimately continues fríðr (“beautiful, fair”). The fuller form is also reflected in Ingfrid. Compare Danish Ingrid, Swedish Ingrid, Icelandic Ingiríður and Faroese Ingirið (“female given name”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪŋ.rɪ/ Rhymes: -ɪŋrɪ Homophone: Ingri Hyphenation: Ing‧rid === Proper noun === Ingrid a female given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Ingrid ==== Usage notes ==== The Norwegian name day for 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 Ingrid as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025. === References === “Ingrid” in Store norske leksikon. “Ingrid” at Nordic Names. “Ingiríðr” at Nordic Names. “Ingifríðr” at Nordic Names. === Anagrams === riding == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse Ingríðr, a variant of Ingiríðr, from Ingifríðr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ɪŋri/ === Proper noun === Ingrid f a female given name from Old Norse, variant of Ingerid === References === Kristoffer Kruken; Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN [1] 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 Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Ingrid f a female given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Ingrid == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inɡrit/, [ˈiŋɡrit] Rhymes: -inɡrit Hyphenation: In‧grid === Proper noun === Ingrid f (indeclinable) a female given name === Further reading === “Ingrid”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈɡɾid/ [ĩŋˈɡɾið̞] Rhymes: -id Syllabification: In‧grid === Proper noun === Ingrid f a female given name == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse Ingiríðr. Name of Swedish royalty and saints, in continuous use since early Middle Ages. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Ingrid c (genitive Ingrids) a female given name ==== Related terms ==== Ing, Inga, Inger === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [2] 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.