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Ingmar

  • [ ING-mahr ]
  • Swedish
Variant of INGEMAR. This name was borne by the Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007).

INGEMAR   male   Swedish
From the Old Norse name Ingimárr, derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with mærr "famous".
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: Ingimárr
SWEDISH: Ingemar
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ingi
NORWEGIAN: Inge
SWEDISH: Inge
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Ingo, Ingomar
GERMAN: Ingo, Ingomar
GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY: Ing
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