Given name & surname
Yngve
“refers to the god Ing”
Yngve is used as a given name and a surname. One Scandinavian interpretation is “refers to the god Ing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “refers to the god Ing.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
How it developed
From Old Norse Yngvi, from Proto-Germanic *Ingwô.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Yngve’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Yngve has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ingo.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yngve
- Yngve BroddSwedish footballer and manager (1930-2016)
- Yngve HolmSwedish sailor (1895–1943)
- Yngve Stiernspetzgymnast (1889–1945)1887–1945
- Yngve GamlinSwedish actor (1926-1995)
- Yngve Nordwallactor, director1908–1994
- Yngve HolmbergSwedish politician (1925–2011)
- Yngve SköldSwedish composer (1899–1992)
- Yngve EkströmSwedish architect and designer (1913–1988)
- Yngve LundhSwedish cyclist (1924-2017)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Yngve, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Ingvar
“a soldier of Ing's army”
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Iravath
“indra's elephant”
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Dyre
“one who is dear to the heart” · “a dear and precious man”
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Egil
“of the sword's point or edge”
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Sture
“a difficult man”
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Thwaite
“from the fenced-in pasture”
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Zwi
“resembling a gazelle”
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Igor
“a hero” · “Ing's soldier”
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