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Ingrid

A name of Old Norse origin meaning "Ing is beautiful".

OriginOld Norse
PronunciationSwedish /ˈɪŋ.rɪd/; Norwegian /ˈɪŋ.ɾɪ/; German /ˈɪŋ.ɡʁɪt/; German /ˈɪŋ.ɡʁiːt/; Dutch /ˈɪŋ.ɣrɪt/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, Estonian, German, North Germanic, Norwegian, Swedish
US rank (2025)#1,120

Meaning and history

Íngrid derives from Old Norse Ingríðr, meaning "Ing is beautiful," combining the name of the Germanic god Ing with fríðr, "beautiful, beloved." A famous bearer was Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 470 births, rank #619
2007: 477 births, rank #625
2008: 564 births, rank #545
2009: 354 births, rank #799
2010: 354 births, rank #776
20112011: 308 births, rank #857
2012: 287 births, rank #910
2013: 287 births, rank #896
2014: 291 births, rank #923
2015: 283 births, rank #958
20162016: 321 births, rank #874
2017: 281 births, rank #938
2018: 267 births, rank #987
2019: 267 births, rank #974
2020: 252 births, rank #1,006
20212021: 256 births, rank #1,000
2022: 224 births, rank #1,107
2023: 213 births, rank #1,137
2024: 226 births, rank #1,091
20252025: 209 births, rank #1,120

Ingrid rose from #988 to #974 for girls between 2018 and 2019. Its highest annual birth count came in 1967, with 578 births.