Ingrid is a 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 (more rarely in the variant Ingerid, Ingris or Ingfrid; short forms Inga, Inger, Ingri) 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 newborn 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. Ingrid was also among the most popular names for girls in Germany from the 1920s to the 1950s.
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People
Ingerid of Denmark (11th century), Danish princess, Norwegian Queen consort
Saint Ingrid of Skänninge (13th century), Swedish Roman Catholic abbess
Ingrid of Sweden (1910–2000), Swedish princess, Queen Consort of Denmark
Ingrid Alberini (In-Grid, born 1973), Italian singer
Ingrid Alexandra (born 2004), Norwegian crown princess
Ingrid Andress (born 1991), American singer-songwriter
Ingrid Antičević-Marinović (born 1957), Croatian lawyer and politician
Ingrid Bachmann (born 1958), Canadian artist
Ingrid Baeyens (born 1956), Belgian mountaineer
Ingrid Becker-Inglau (born 1946), German politician
Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (born 1980), Norwegian actress
Ingrid van Bergen (1931–2025), German actress
Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982), Swedish actress
Íngrid Betancourt (born 1961), Colombian politician
Ingrid Bisu (born 1987), Romanian–American actress, producer, and screenwriter
Ingrid Bjørnov (born 1963), Norwegian musician
Ingrid Bjoner (1927–2006), Norwegian soprano
Ingrid Bruce (1940–2012), Swedish civil engineer
Ingrid Bruckert (born 1952), German field hockey player
Ingrid Ann Buffonge, Montserratian politician
Ingrid Burley (born 1986), American singer and rapper
Ingrid Burman (born 1952), Swedish politician
Ingrid Caven (born 1938), German actress
Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, American journalist and television producer
Ingrid Chauvin (born 1973), French actress
Ingrid Chavez (born 1965), American poet, vocalist, songwriter and photographer
Ingrid Christensen (1891–1976), Norwegian explorer and First woman in Antarctica
Ingrid Coenradie (born 1987), Dutch politician
Ingrid Croce (born 1947), American singer-songwriter
Ingrid Daubechies (born 1954), Belgian physicist and mathematician
Ingrid Deltenre (born 1960), Dutch-Swiss manager
Ingrid Ellis (1948–1981) was a police officer, singer
Ingrid Engen (born 1998), Norwegian international football player
Ingrid Syrstad Engen (born 1998), Norwegian footballer
Ingrid Falk (born 1960), Swedish painter and installation artist
Ingrid Fliter (born 1973), Argentinian classical pianist
Ingrid Detter de Frankopan (born 1936), Swedish scholar
Ingrid García-Jonsson (born 1991), Swedish-Spanish actress
Ingrid Godon (born 1958), Flemish illustrator
Ingrid del Carmen Montes González (born 1985), Chemistry Professor and Director-at-large at ACS since 2013
Ingrid Guimarães (born 1972), Brazilian actress and comedian
Ingrid Haebler (1929–2023), Austrian pianist
Ingrid Hafner (1936–1994), British actress
Ingrid Haubold (born 1943), German opera singer
Ingrid Hernandez (born 1988), Colombian race walker
Ingrid Hjelmseth (born 1980), Norwegian footballer
Ingrid Holford (1920–2012), English meteorologist and author
Ingrid Hornef (born 1940), German artist
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921–2015), Dutch astronomer
Ingrid Espelid Hovig (1924–2018), Norwegian chef and television personality
Ingrid Isotamm (born 1979), Estonian actress
Ingrid Janbell (born 1955), Swedish actress, director and lecturer
Ingrid Jensen (born 1966), Canadian trumpet player and composer
Ingrid Jetter, Argentine politician
Ingrid Johansson (born 1965), Swedish footballer
Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965), South African poet
Ingrid Kavelaars (born 1971), Canadian actress
Ingrid Kivirähk (1931–2024), Estonian actress
Ingrid de Kok (born 1951), South African author
Ingrid Kristiansen (born 1956), Norwegian long-distance runner
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (born 1996), Norwegian biathlete
Ingrid Leary (born 1967/1968), New Zealand politician
Ingrid Leijendekker (born 1975), Dutch water polo player
Ingrid Levavasseur (born 1987), French activist
Ingrid Lewis-Martin (born 1961), American chaplain and political advisor
Ingrid Lindblad (born 2000), Swedish professional golfer
Ingrid van Lubek (born 1971), Dutch triathlete
Ingrid Lukas (born 1984), Estonian musician
Ingrid Luterkort (1910–2011), Swedish actress
Ingrid Lyne (1975–2016), American nurse and murder victim
Ingrid Martins (born 1996), Brazilian tennis player
Íngrid Martz (born 1979), Mexican actress
Ingrid Mattson (born 1963), Canadian activist and scholar
Ingrid Michaelson (born 1979), American singer
Ingrid Michon (born 1976), Dutch civil servant and politician
Ingrid Miethe (born 1962), German social scientist
Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe (born 1969), British lawyer politician from the British Virgin Islands
Ingrid Nargang (1929–2019), Austrian judge and contemporary historian
Ingrid Neel (born 1998), American-Estonian professional tennis player
Ingrid Newkirk (born 1949), American animal rights activist
Ingrid Nilsen (born 1989), American video blogger
Ingrid Noll (born 1935), German author
Ingrid Olava (born 1981), Norwegian singer and musician
Ingrid Olerinskaya (born 1992), Russian actress and model
Ingrid Oliveira (born 1996), Brazilian competitive diver
Ingrid Oliver (born 1977) British comedienne
Ingrid Park (born 1971), New Zealand television actress
Ingrid Paul (born 1964), Dutch speed skater
Ingrid Pedersen (1933–2012), Swedish aviator
Ingrid Persaud (born 1966), Trinidad and Tobago writer, artist, academic
Ingrid Peters (born 1954), German singer
Ingrid Pitt (1937–2010), Polish-British actress
Ingrid Pollard (born 1953), British artist and photographer
Ingrid Puusta (born 1990), Estonian windsurfer
Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter (12th century), Queen Consort of Norway
Ingrid Rimland (1936–2017), American psychologist and author
Ingrid Marie Rivera (born 1983), Puerto Rican actress and model
Ingrid Rivera Rocafort, Puerto Rican businesswoman
Ingrid Robeyns (born 1972), Belgian-Dutch philosopher
Ingrid Rodríguez (born 1991), Ecuadorian footballer
Ingrid Rubio (born 1975), Spanish actress
Ingrid Rüütel (born 1935), Estonian folklorist and philologist, First Lady of Estonia
Ingrid Schjelderup (1932–2022), Norwegian politician
Ingrid Schjelderup (born 1987), Norwegian footballer
Ingrid Silva (born 1988/89), Brazilian ballet dancer
Ingrid Sischy (1952–2015), South African-born American art and fashion editor
Ingrid Skop, American ob-gyn and anti-abortion activist
Ingrid Stahmer (1942–2020), German politician
Ingrid Steeger (1947–2023), German actress and comedian
Ingrid Stengård (born 1975), Finnish mountain bike orienteer
Ingrid Stöckl (born 1969), Austrian alpine skier
Ingrid Superstar (born 1945, disappeared 1986), American actress, poet and Warhol superstar
Ingrid Svantepolksdotter (floruit 1350), Swedish noble and abbess
Ingrid Thulin (1926–2004), Swedish film actress
Ingrid Tørlen (born 1979), Norwegian beach volleyball player
Ingrid Vandebosch (born 1970), Belgian model and actress
Ingrid Vanderveldt (born 1970), American businesswoman, media personality and investor
Ingrid Veninger (born 1968), Canadian actress, writer, director, producer, and film professor
Ingrid Visser (born 1966), New Zealand scientist of Dutch parentage
Ingrid Visser (1977–2013), Dutch volleyball player
Ingrid Wells (born 1989), American soccer player
Ingrid Gärde Widemar (1912–2009), Swedish lawyer and politician
Ingrid Wilhite (1959–2008), American filmmaker and musician
Ingrid Wildi Merino (born 1963), Chilean-born Swiss video artist
Ingrid Wilm (born 1998), Canadian swimmer
Ingrid Ylva (13th century), Swedish noblewoman
Princess Ingrid Alexandra (born 2004), princess of Norway
Fictional characters
Ingrid, from television series Once Upon a Time
Ingrid, from television series Sesame Street
Ingrid, a character from the fighting game series Street Fighter and the video game Capcom Fighting Evolution
Ingrid Beauchamp, from novel Witches of East End and television series Witches of East End
Ingrid Bottomlow, from the computer game Gnome Ranger and its sequel Ingrid's Back
Ingrid Avellan Cortez, from the Spy Kids film trilogy
Ingrid Dracula, from horror drama comedy Young Dracula
Ingrid Fletcher, from television series Porridge and Going Straight
Ingrid Brandl Galatea, from the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Ingrid Giraffe, from the animated television series My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Ingrid Navarro, an antagonist from the Mexican telenovela Abismo de pasión
Ingrid Third, from the animated television series Fillmore!
Ingrid Thorburn, from the black comedy drama Ingrid Goes West