Ingeborg
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Ingibjǫrg. In continuous use in Sweden since the early Middle Ages.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ingeborg (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ingeborg has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,667 |
| 2000 | 5,398 |
| 2001 | 5,126 |
| 2002 | 4,836 |
| 2003 | 4,571 |
| 2004 | 4,312 |
| 2005 | 4,066 |
| 2006 | 3,823 |
| 2007 | 3,574 |
| 2008 | 3,339 |
| 2009 | 3,136 |
| 2010 | 2,949 |
| 2011 | 2,754 |
| 2012 | 2,568 |
| 2013 | 2,398 |
| 2014 | 2,272 |
| 2015 | 2,134 |
| 2016 | 2,017 |
| 2017 | 1,891 |
| 2018 | 1,754 |
| 2019 | 1,657 |
| 2020 | 1,558 |
Ingeborg in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ingeborg.Hi! My name is Ingeborg.
- Har du träffat Ingeborg? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Ingeborg? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Ingeborg kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Ingeborg is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Ingeborgs mamma är lärare.Ingeborg's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ingeborgs mamma is Ingeborg's mum.
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Questions about Ingeborg
How do you pronounce Ingeborg in Swedish?
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What does the name Ingeborg mean?
From Old Norse Ingibjǫrg. In continuous use in Sweden since the early Middle Ages.
How popular is Ingeborg in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Ingeborg in 2022. In 2020, 1,558 people in Sweden had Ingeborg as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.