Danish

Proper noun

Ingeborg

1. A female given name.

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 25 154 females with the given name Ingeborg have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

German

Etymology

From Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Ingeborg in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Ingeborg

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Popular in Germany in the 1920s.

Related terms

• Ingeburg

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Ingibjǫrg.

Proper noun

Ingeborg

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Ingebjørg

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 7 824 females with the given name Ingeborg living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Ingibjǫrg. In continuous use in Sweden since the early Middle Ages.

Proper noun

Ingeborg

1. A female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 33 141 females with the given name Ingeborg living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 19th century. Accessed on 19 June 2011.