Ingrid

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Ingrid is a female given name .

variants

  • Danish : Inger, Ingerid, Ingfred, Ingred
  • Faroese : Ingirið, Ingrið
  • 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 combination of the Old Norse words "ingwia" ( consecrated to the tribal or rain god Ingwio ) and "friðr" (beauty).

distribution

At the beginning of the 20th century, the name Ingrid was rather uncommon in Germany. From around 1910, however, it became more and more fashionable. From the end of the twenties to the beginning of the fifties he was among the ten most frequently given female first names, in 1934 even the most common. However, its popularity waned during the fifties and sixties, so that today hardly any children are called Ingrid.

Name days

Well-known namesake

Others

  • (1026) Ingrid , an asteroid of the main belt .
  • Make Ingrid - In net culture , especially in Usenet , the phrase ` ` Make Ingrid '' (and corresponding modifications) means that an author replies to his own contribution, e.g. B. because he himself found the answer to his problem before someone else answered him. "Ingrid" is then signed. The name was given to a writer named Ingrid, who had become conspicuous through excessive personal responses. The phrase can be identified for the first time in a message dated August 6, 1997 via Google Groups .

swell

  1. ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"
  2. ↑ archived Usenet posting , August 6, 1997


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