Yngvi

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse form of the Germanic god's name *Ingwa/*Ingwi/*Ingu (see Ing) [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) Ancient Germanic *Ingwian- = 'belonging to the coastal Germanic tribe of the Ingaevones' [5]

3) Younger form of Ingwin [6]

Related Names

     
Ingva ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Ingve ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Ingvi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Icelandic
Yngva ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Yngve ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Yngvi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese Icelandic Old Norse

Name Day

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

11 February

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Yngvi
Accusative: Yngva
Dative: Yngva
Genitive: Yngva
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Yngvi
Accusative: Yngva
Dative: Yngva
Genitive: Yngva

Further Information

Mythology

Yngvi is an additional name for the god Freyr who is also known as Yngvi-Freyr. According to Snorri, from him the Swedish royal dynasty of the Ynglingar took its name. The Ynglingar bore the name Yngvi or Ynguni as an honorary name. [7]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[8] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 0 4 9
Denmark Denmark[9] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m1.png 0 n.a. 4 n.a
Norway Norway[10] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m0.png 0 0 0 0
Finland Finland[11] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 1 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Yngvi.

Sources: [8] [9] [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  4. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
  5. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  6. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  7. ↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)
  8. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  9. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  10. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  11. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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