Given name · also Swedish, Old Norse
Ingemar
“the son of Ing”
Ingemar is used as a given name. One Scandinavian interpretation is “the son of Ing.”
Original Old NorseIngimarr
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “the son of Ing.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Old Norse and Swedish naming traditions.
How it developed
In French usage, Ingemar developed from Ingimarr.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ingemar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 8 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 boys is 6 in 1961. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 107 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.
Ingemar’s family of names
In French usage, Ingemar developed from the Old Norse form Ingimarr. In Swedish usage, Ingemar has a related form in Ingmar. In French usage, Ingemar has a related form in Ingmar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ingemar
- Ingemar JohanssonSwedish boxer (1932-2009)
- Ingemar ErlandssonSwedish footballer (1957–2022)
- Ingemar HedbergCanoe racer (1920–2019)
- Ingemar Johanssonathletics competitor (1924-2009)
- Ingemar HaraldssonSwedish footballer (1928-2004)
- Ingemar TeeverEstonian footballer (born 1983)
- Ingemar DüringSwedish translator and classical philologist (1903–1984)
- Ingemar HedeniusSwedish philosopher (1908–1982)
- Ingemar SvenssonSwedish rower (1929-2004)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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