Given name

Ingirið

Ingirið is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

Original Old NorseIngiríðr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ingirið comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse Ingiríðr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ingirið’s family of names

In Faroese usage, Ingirið shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Bokmål form Ingrid. In Faroese usage, Ingirið continues an earlier form in Ingiríðr. In Faroese usage, Ingirið has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ingrid.

Walk Ingirið’s family in the name graph

IngiriðIngridIngiríðr

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Ingirið has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.

Old Norse

Old Norsewhere Ingirið comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Ingirið, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

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Old Norse

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Scandinavian

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“one who has been reborn”

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Ingigerð

Ingigerð is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Ingibjörg

Ingibjörg is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% girls

Old Norse

Ingiríður

Ingiríður is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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