Given name & surname
Ingra
“a raven of peace”
Ingra is a form of Ingram. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a raven of peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Ingra carries the interpretation “a raven of peace.” Ingra is a form of Ingram. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a raven of peace.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Ingra is used as a form of Ingram.
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. Ingra is a form of Ingram. The history of Ingram gives this family its wider story. Ingram’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Ingra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 71
- 0 boys · 71 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 10 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 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1967. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 118 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.
Ingra’s family of names
Ingra has a related form in Ingri. Ingra is a form of Ingram. Ingra has a related form in Ingrah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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