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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.

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 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 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 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

Notes

  • Nordic Names