Ingrid (given name)


Ingrid is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch feminine given name. It continues the Old Norse name Ingiríðr, which was a short form of Ingfríðr, composed of the theonym Ing and the element fríðr "beloved; beautiful" common in Germanic feminine given names.
The name Ingrid remains widely given in all of Scandinavia, with the highest frequency in Norway.
Norwegian usage peaked in the interbellum period, with more than 2% of newly born girls so named in 1920; popularity declined gradually over the 1930s to 1960s, but picked up again in the late 1970s, peaking above 1.5% in the 1990s.
The name became popular outside of Scandinavia from the 1940s due to the fame of Ingrid Bergman.

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