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IngibjÖRg

Old Norse and Icelandic form of INGEBORG.

INGEBORG   female   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
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.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ingibjörg
DANISH: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg
ICELANDIC: Ingibjörg
NORWEGIAN: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg
SWEDISH: Ingeborg
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
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