Ingegärd
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Ingegerd.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ingegärd (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,358 |
| 2000 | 5,299 |
| 2001 | 5,229 |
| 2002 | 5,150 |
| 2003 | 5,087 |
| 2004 | 4,968 |
| 2005 | 4,863 |
| 2006 | 4,750 |
| 2007 | 4,609 |
| 2008 | 4,522 |
| 2009 | 4,350 |
| 2010 | 4,184 |
| 2011 | 4,023 |
| 2012 | 3,866 |
| 2013 | 3,699 |
| 2014 | 3,543 |
| 2015 | 3,387 |
| 2016 | 3,220 |
| 2017 | 3,049 |
| 2018 | 2,896 |
| 2019 | 2,740 |
| 2020 | 2,601 |
Ingegärd in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ingegärd.Hi! My name is Ingegärd.
- Ingegärd ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Ingegärd called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Ingegärd har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ingegärd has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Ingegärds mamma är lärare.Ingegärd's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ingegärds mamma is Ingegärd's mum.
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Questions about Ingegärd
How do you pronounce Ingegärd in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Ingegärd from a native speaker's recording. Ä is close to the e in 'bed'.
What does the name Ingegärd mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Ingegerd.
How popular is Ingegärd in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Ingegärd in 2022. In 2020, 2,601 people in Sweden had Ingegärd as the first name they go by.
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.