Given name · also Old Norse
Ingrid
“having the beauty of the god Ing”
Ingrid is used as a given name. One Scandinavian interpretation is “having the beauty of the god Ing.”
Original Old NorseIngiríðr
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “having the beauty of the god Ing.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Old Norse and Scandinavian naming traditions.
How it developed
In German usage, Ingrid developed from Ingiríðr.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ingrid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27,764
- 17 boys · 27,747 girls
- Most popular year
- 1967
- 578 babies
- 2025
- 209
- #1,121 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 209 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,121 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 578 in 1967. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 44,143 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.
Ingrid’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Ingrid has a diminutive in Inna. In Icelandic usage, Ingrid shares an earlier linguistic root with Ingifríðr. Ingrid has a related form in Inga.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ingrid has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 20
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Innadiminutive · Estonian
- Ingadiminutive · Swedish
- Ingrivariant · Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian
- Ingridavariant · Slovak, Czech
- Ingediminutive · German, Estonian
- Ingritvariant
- Ingmarvariant
- Ingervariant · Swedish
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- Ingredvariant · Danish
- Ingriddlikely variant
- Inggridlikely variant
- Ingeridvariant · Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål
- Ingeldiminutive · Estonian
- Inkashort form · Czech
- Inkerivariant · Finnish
- Ingriavariant
- Ingradvariant
- Ingridkadiminutive · Slovak
- Ingiríðrvariant · Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian Bokmål
- Ingifríðrvariant · Norwegian Bokmål, Icelandic
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ingrid
- Ingrid BergmanSwedish actress (1915–1982)
- Íngrid BetancourtColombian-French politicianborn 1961
- Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of NorwayCrown Princess of Norwayborn 2004
- Ingrid of Swedenqueen consort of Denmark1910–2000
- Ingrid ThulinSwedish actress (1926-2004)1929–2004
- Ingrid DaubechiesBelgian physicist and mathematicianborn 1954
- Ingrid van Houten-GroeneveldDutch astronomer (1921–2015)
- In-GridItalian singerborn 1978
- Ingrid PittPolish-British actress (1937–2010)
Characters named Ingrid: Ingrid Persdotter (fictional Swedish nun).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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