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Yngvi

Possibly an Old Norse cognate of ING. This was an alternate name of the god Freyr, who as Yngvi-Freyr was regarded as the ancestor of the Swedish royal family.

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
DANISH: Yngve
GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY: Ing
NORWEGIAN: Yngve
SWEDISH: Yngve
OTHER FORMS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ingvildr, Yngvarr, Yngvildr
BELARUSIAN: Ihar
CROATIAN: Igor
DANISH: Ingvar
ICELANDIC: Ingvar
MACEDONIAN: Igor
NORWEGIAN: Ingvar, Ingvild, Yngvar
POLISH: Igor
RUSSIAN: Igor
SERBIAN: Igor
SLOVENE: Igor
SWEDISH: Ingvar
UKRAINIAN: Ihor
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