Ingmar
Ingmar is a Swedish masculine given name . As a female first name it is atypical; the feminine form of the name is Ingmari .
Origin and meaning
The two-part name has its origin in Germanic mythology . The first name element "Ing" goes back to the Germanic tribal deity Ingwio . The second part "mar" can be traced back to "mari", which means something like "famous, known". The name and its variants are common in the Scandinavian and German language areas. Another derivation of the part of the name "Mar" comes from the fact that "maren" means something like to tell, to speak - compare for example in the word fairy, fairy tale.
variants
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Female
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Name bearer
Male first name
- Inguiomer , Cheruscan prince, uncle of Arminius
Ingmar:
- Ingmar Alge (* 1971), Austrian painter
- Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007), Swedish film director
- Ingmar Brantsch (1940-2013), Romanian-German writer
- Ingmar Egede (1930–2003), Greenlandic psychologist, human rights activist, teacher and rector
- Ingmar Heller (* 1967), German jazz bassist
- Ingmar Lehmann (* 1946), German mathematician
- Ingmar Penzhorn (* 1980), German floorball player
- Ingmar De Poortere (* 1984), Belgian cyclist
- Ingmar Putz (* 1969), German soccer player and coach
- Ingmar Relling (1920–2002), Norwegian architect and designer
- Ingmar Schwindt (* 1977), German classical pianist
- Ingmar Skrinjar (* 1968), German actor
- Ingmar Stadelmann (* 1980), German comedian
Variant of Ingemar:
- Ingemar Düring (1903–1984), Swedish classical philologist
- Ingemar Gruber (* 1977), Italian ice hockey player
- Ingemar Johansson (1932-2009), Swedish heavyweight boxing world champion
- Ingemar König (* 1938), German ancient historian
- Ingemar Mayr (* 1975), Dutch-Austrian ski jumper
- Ingemar Melchersson (* 1946), Austrian organist and church musician
- Ingemar Stenmark (* 1956), Swedish ski racer
- Ingemar Teever (* 1983), Estonian football player
Variant of Ingomar:
- Ingomar Grünauer (* 1938), Austrian composer
- Ingomar von Kieseritzky (1944–2019), German writer
- Ingomar Weiler (* 1938), Austrian ancient historian
Female first name
- Ingmar Zeisberg (* 1933), German actress
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ingmar on behindthename.com (Engl.)