Ingeborg
Ingeborg is a Germanic feminine given name, mostly used in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, derived from Old Norse Ingiborg, Ingibjǫrg, combining the theonym Ing with the element borg "stronghold, protection". Ingebjørg is the Norwegian most used variant of the name, and Ingibjörg is the Icelandic variant.
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- German
Meaning & Origin of Ingeborg
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ingeborg is a Germanic feminine given name, mostly used in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, derived from Old Norse Ingiborg, Ingibjǫrg, combining the theonym Ing with the element borg "stronghold, protection". Ingebjørg is the Norwegian most used variant of the name, and Ingibjörg is the Icelandic variant.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- German
The Story of Ingeborg
American parents first put Ingeborg on the record books as a baby girl name in 1886, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1930, when 31 Ingeborgs were born — ranking #1,371 that year. About 22% of every Ingeborg on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ingeborg last appeared in the published SSA data in 1981, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 793 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ingeborg
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ingeborg. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Ingeborg
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- Embarge
- Seaborg
- Seaberg
- Sabar
- Sangar
- Sapore
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About the name Ingeborg
Ingeborg is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 793 births in the dataset. Ingeborg's peak popularity came in 1930 when it ranked #1,371. Use the chart and map above to compare Ingeborg's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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