Name Ingeborg

Origin:

From a Old Norse word for protection, castle

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About the name Ingeborg in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	German, Scandinavian
Topics:	Asteroid 391 Ingeborg, discovered 1894
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Ingebert, Ingelore, Ingibjörg Details

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About Ingeborg, the group of names with the same origin as Ingeborg

Language of origin:	Old Norse
Info about origin:	Old Norse two-element name
	the first element Ing derives from Ing/Ingwio, the name of a Germanic god
	became popular in Germany as well
Words:	ing Germanic
	bjorg = the protection, the castle Old Norse
Topics:	Germanic mythology, Two-element name
Variants' top ranks:	8:Ingibjörg Iceland 2015, 35:Ingeborg Norway 2004
Somehow related to:	Ing
Old/original forms:	Ingeburg Old High German, Ingiborgh Old Norse
Name variants:	Ingeborg, Ingibjörg Sortable list Details

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