Ingeborg

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Pronounced： [ ING-e-bawrk (German) ]
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Usage：Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German

Meaning & History：

From the Old Norse name Ingibjörg, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with björg meaning "help, save, rescue".

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 GERMANIC: Ingeburg

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ingibjörg

DANISH: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg

GERMAN: Ingeborg, Ingeburg

ICELANDIC: Ingibjörg

NORWEGIAN: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg

SWEDISH: Ingeborg

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Inga

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Inga

DANISH: Inga, Inge

DUTCH: Inge

FINNISH: Inka

FRISIAN: Inka

GERMAN: Inge, Inka

ICELANDIC: Inga

LATVIAN: Inga

LITHUANIAN: Inga

NORWEGIAN: Inga

RUSSIAN: Inga

SWEDISH: Inga

OTHER FORMS

GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY: Ing