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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Anglo-Saxon 2 Related Names 3 Combinations 4 First Element Forms 5 Last Element Forms 6 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

This name element derives from the name of an ancient Germanic god. The meaning of his name is as yet unexplained. He is the ancestor of the coastal Germanic tribe Ingaevones, so the name element either means

'belonging/dedicated to the Germanic god'

or

'belonging to the tribe of the Ingaevones '

Ancient Germanic

*Ingwa = 'the name of a god' ^[1]
*Ingwaz = 'the name of a god' ^[2]
*Ingwi = 'the name of a god' ^[1]
*Ingu = 'the name of a god' ^[1]

Anglo-Saxon

Ing = 'the name of a god' ^[3]

Related Names

See Yngvi, Ing, Ingi and Insa

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ALF	see Ingálvur
BARD	see Ingbart
BET	see Ingebeth
BJÖRN	see Ingibjǫrn
BJÖRT	see Ingbert and Ingibjört
BORG	see Ingiborg
BRITT	see Ingbritt
DIS	see Ingdis
-don	see Ingdon
EY	see Ingiøy
FAST	see Ingifastr
FINN	see Ingifinna
FRID	see Ingfred
FRÍÐ	see Ingifríðr
GEIR	see IngigæiRR
GERD	see Ingigærðr
GUNN	see Ingigunnr
HARD	see Ingohart (German)
HEID	see Ingheiður
HER	see Ingvarr
HILD	see Yngvildr (Norse) and Inguhilt (German)
HLIF	see Ingeliv
HRAFN	see Ingram
JARL	see Ingjarl
KÅR	see Ingikárr
LAUG	see Ingilaug
LEIF	see Ingilæif
LI	see Ingali
LILL	see Ingalill
LIN	see Ingelin
LÍN	see Ingilín
LIS	see Ingelise
MAJ	see Ingmaj
MAR	see Ingimarr (Norse) and Ingomar (German)
MARI	see Ingemarie
MERETE	see Ingemerete
MOD	see Ingimóð
MOR	see Ingemor
MUND	see Ingimundr
NOR	see Ingnor
NY	see Ingny
ROS	see Ingirós
RUN	see Ingirún
-se	see Ingse
SOL	see Ingisól
ULF	see IngulfR
UNN	see Ingunnr
VALD	see Ívaldi and Ingivaldr
VEIG	see Ingveig
VI	see Ingvi
VÍÐ	see Ingvid
VIN	see Ingwin
VÖR	see Yngvǫr
ÞOR	see Ingiþóra

First Element Forms

Em- Eng- Enge-
I- Í-
Ign-
Im-
In- Ing- Inga- Inge- Ingi- Ingo- Ingu- Ingui- Ingv-
Ym-
Yng- Yngv-
Øm-

Last Element Forms

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)