Given name & surname · also Old Norse
Ingeborg
“protected by the god Ing”
Ingeborg is used as a given name and a surname. One Scandinavian interpretation is “protected by the god Ing.”
Original Old NorseIngibjǫrg
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “protected by the god Ing.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Ingeborg developed from Ingibjǫrg.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ingeborg through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 793
- 0 boys · 793 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,769 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ingeborg’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Ingeborg has a diminutive in Inga. In Norwegian usage, Ingeborg developed from the Old Norse form Ingibjǫrg. Ingeborg has a related form in Inge.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ingeborg has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Ingeborg comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ingibjǫrgroot · Old Norse
- IngeborgaPolish
- IngiborghSwedish
- IngeborSwedish, Norwegian
- IngborSwedish
- ØmbjørgNorwegian
- IngebjørNorwegian
- ImbjørgNorwegian
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People named Ingeborg
- Ingeborg BachmannAustrian poet and author (1926–1973)
- Princess Ingeborg of DenmarkDanish and Swedish royal1878–1958
- Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of FranceQueen Consort of France1174–1236
- Ingeborg MagnusdotterQueen consort of Denmark1277–1319
- Ingeborg of NorwayNorwegian politician (1301-1361)
- Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of NorwayQueen consort of Norway1244–1287
- IngeborgBelgian singerborn 1966
- Ingeborg Eriksdotter of SwedenMother of King Valdemar I of Sweden1212–1254
- Kaaren VerneGerman-born American actor1918–1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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