Ingrid

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Pronounced： [ ING-rid (Swedish), ING-ree (Norwegian), ING-grit (German) ]
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Usage：Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German

Meaning & History：

From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful". A famous bearer was the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).

ING male Germanic Mythology

From the Germanic *Ingwaz, possibly meaning "ancestor". This was the name of an obscure old Germanic fertility god who was considered the ancestor of the tribe the Ingaevones. It is possible he was an earlier incarnation of the god Freyr.

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EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ingríðr

DANISH: Inger, Ingrid

FINNISH: Inkeri

GERMAN: Ingrid

NORWEGIAN: Inger, Ingrid

SWEDISH: Inger, Ingrid

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Inga

DANISH: Inga, Inge

FINNISH: Inka

FRISIAN: Inka

GERMAN: Inga

ICELANDIC: Inga

LATVIAN: Inga

LITHUANIAN: Inga

NORWEGIAN: Inga

RUSSIAN: Inga

SWEDISH: Inga

OTHER FORMS

GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY: Ing