Ingvar (name) explained
The name Ingvar is an Old Norse first name for men common in Scandinavia meaning "protected by Yngvi".[1] The feminine version of the name is Inga.
The first element of the name is derived from Proto-Norse *Ing(w)ia (Ingi-), Norse Yngvi, who is better known by the title Freyr "Lord". The second element is probably either *harjaz (warrior) or *warjaz (defender).[2] The name consequently either meant Freyr's warrior or Freyr's defender.
Igor is a given name derived from the Scandinavian name Ingvar that was brought to Kievan Rus' by the Varangians.
Old English sources suggest that the birth-name of Ivar the Boneless might have been Ingvar; he is referred to as Hyngvar, Hingvar and Inguar in the English annals.
People
First name
- Ingvar Harra, Swedish ruler
- Ingvar the Far-Travelled, 11th-century Swedish Viking
- Ingvar of Kiev, 13th-century monarch of Kiev
- Ingvar Ambjørnsen (born 1956), Norwegian writer
- Ingvar Bengtsson (1922–2001), Swedish athlete
- Ingvar Carlsson (born 1934), Swedish politician
- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (born 1963), Icelandic actor
- Ingvar Ericsson, multiple people
- Ingvar Gärd (1921–2006), Swedish football player
- Ingvar Jónsson (born 1989), Icelandic football player
- Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018), Swedish businessman
- Ingvar Lindell (1904–1993), Swedish jurist and politician
- Ingvar Oldsberg (1945–2022), Swedish television presenter and sports journalist
- Ingvar Pettersson, multiple people
- Ingvar Rydell (1922–2013), Swedish football player
- Ingvar Skogsberg (born 1937), Swedish film director and screenwriter
- Ingvar Svensson, multiple people
Middle name
Notes and References
- Web site: Ingvar. Name Doctor. 5 November 2024.
- Web site: Ingvar. Dansk Navneleksicon. 5 November 2024. da.
