Ingrid (given name)

Ingrid is a feminine given name. It continues the Old Norse name Ingiríðr, which was a short form of Ingfríðr, composed of the theonym Ing and the element fríðr "beloved; beautiful" common in Germanic feminine given names.^[3] The name Ingrid (more rarely in the variant Ingerid, Ingris or Ingfrid; short forms Inga, Inger, Ingri) remains widely given in all of Scandinavia, with the highest frequency in Norway. Norwegian usage peaked in the interbellum period, with more than 2% of newborn girls so named in 1920; popularity declined gradually over the 1930s to 1960s, but picked up again in the late 1970s, peaking above 1.5% in the 1990s.^[4] Ingrid was also among the most popular names for girls in Germany from the 1920s to the 1950s.^[5]

PronunciationEnglish: /ˈɪŋɡrɪd/ ING-grid
German: [ˈɪŋɡʁɪt]
Swedish: [ˈɪ̌ŋːrɪd]
Norwegian: [ˈɪ̀ŋrɪ]
Danish: [ˈiŋˌʁiːðˀ]

GenderFemale

Name day5 October^[1][2]

Word/nameFennoscandia

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Ingrid

Pronunciation	English: /ˈɪŋɡrɪd/ ING-grid German: [ˈɪŋɡʁɪt] Swedish: [ˈɪ̌ŋːrɪd] Norwegian: [ˈɪ̀ŋrɪ] Danish: [ˈiŋˌʁiːðˀ]
Gender	Female
Name day	5 October[1][2]
Origin
Word/name	Fennoscandia
Meaning	fair, beautiful
Other names
Related names	Ingrida, Ingrīda, Ingirid, Ingris, Ingerid, Ingfrid, Ingri, Inger, Inkeri

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