Ingrid

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled אינגריד in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ingrid is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.2M records spelled Ingrid39 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Netherlands, Brazil

  Languages: English, German, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Íngrid, Iñgrid, Ïngrid, Ìngrid, 'Ingrid

• French given name225K records spelled Ingrid2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

  Also written In'Grid

• Czech given name47K records spelled Ingrid35 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Croatia, Poland, Slovakia

  Languages: Czech, Croatian, Polish

  Also written Ингрид, Інгрід, Інгрид, Інґрід, Iñgrïd

• Finnish given name39K records spelled Ingrid7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Slovenia, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian

  Also written Íngrid, Ingrìd, Ingríd

• a separate given name27K records spelled Ingrid2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway

  Also written Íngrid

• Catalan given name7.2K records spelled Ingrid2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra

  Also written Íngrid

• Indonesian given name6.4K records spelled Ingrid3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Íngrid

• a separate given name6.2K records spelled Ingrid6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, Canada

  Also written Îngrid, I̶n̶g̶r̶i̶d̶, Ingrïd, Ingríd, Íngrid

• Lao given name4.2K records spelled Ingrid8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Ingrïd, Îńgrïd, Íngrid, I̶n̶g̶r̶i̶d̶, Ïngrïd

74 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ingrid is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from Old Norse.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Norrois, de Ing + fríðr « belle, aimée ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Nom scandinave, lié au dieu Ing ; probablement du vieux norrois Ingfríðr.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Du vieux norrois Ingvildr/Ingriðr, lié au dieu Ing/Freyr.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• Nordic: ‘Ing the beautiful’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 127 years between 1897–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ingrid of Swedenb. 1910SEqueen consort of Denmark
• Ingrid Bergmanb. 1915SESwedish actress (1915–1982)
• Ingrid Pittb. 1937GBPolish-British actress (1937–2010)
• Margrethe IIb. 1940DKnot in their usual nameQueen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940)
• Ingrid Daubechiesb. 1954BEBelgian physicist and mathematician
• Ingrid Betancourtb. 1961COColombian-French politician
• Victoria, Crown Princess of Swedenb. 1977SEnot in their usual nameheir apparent to the Swedish throne and eldest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf
• Michelle Williamsb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1980)
• Scarlett Johanssonb. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1984)
• Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norwayb. 2004NONorwegian princess

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,315 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ingrid?

We estimate roughly 352 thousand people bear Ingrid (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Ingrid have the most bearers?

We estimate about 131 thousand people bear Ingrid in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled ingrid.

Where is Ingrid most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ingrid is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 95 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Ingrid compared with other names?

In Brazil, Ingrid is the 307th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Ingrid a male or female name?

Ingrid is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ingrid mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name from Old Norse, equivalent to English Ingrid