Ingrid

Where Ingrid comes from

From Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from Old Norse Ingiríðr.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ingrid
  • Old Norse
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1897
    First appearance
    #1,385 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1915
    Ingrid Bergman born
    Swedish actress
  3. 1961
    Ingrid Betancourt born
    Colombian-French politician
  4. 1967
    Peak, #380
    578 babies named Ingrid — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1978
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #679.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old Norse.
Namesakes
  • Ingrid Bergman · Swedish actress, 1915–1982
  • Ingrid Betancourt · Colombian-French politician, born 1961
  • Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway · Crown Princess of Norway, born 2004
  • Ingrid of Sweden · queen consort of Denmark, 1910–2000
  • Ingrid Thulin · Swedish actress, 1929–2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.