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Name Ingvar

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From a Old Norse word for warrior

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About the name Ingvar in particular

Gender:	male
Languages of use:	Scandinavian
US 2024 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Ingar, Ingmar, Ilgar, Inga, Ingemar, Inger, Ingomar, Ingvi, Ingwaz, Ivar Details

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

Language of origin:	Old Norse
Info about origin:	Old Norse two-element name
	the Russian name Igor is a variant of this name, brought to Russia by Scandinavians in the 9th century AD
Words:	ing Germanic
	varr = the warrior Old Norse
Topics:	Words
Variants' top ranks:	8:Igor Macedonia 2011, 25:Iver Norway 2023, 61:Ivar Sweden 2020, 64:Ingvar Sweden 2014, 73:Ivor England+Wales 1914
Somehow related to:	Ing
Old/original forms:	Ingvarr Old Norse
Name variants:	Igor, Ingvar, Ivar, Iver, Ivor Sortable list Details

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Popularity lists that contain the name Ingvar

Series	Graph	Rankings
Sweden prevalence		2014 64