Given name

Ingred

“having the beauty of the god Ing”

Ingred is a variant of Ingrid. One Scandinavian interpretation is “having the beauty of the god Ing.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ingred is a variant of Ingrid. One Scandinavian interpretation is “having the beauty of the god Ing.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Ingred is a variant of Ingrid. Ingrid has been associated with Old Norse and Scandinavian naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Ingred through the years

Babies since 1880
18
0 boys · 18 girls
Most popular year
1969
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Ingred in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1964–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 245 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.

Ingred’s family of names

Ingred has a related form in Ingrid. In Danish usage, Ingred has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ingrid.

Walk Ingred’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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