Ingemar
Meaning and origin
Old Norse Ingimarr, from Ingi- ("the god Ing/Yngvi") and mærr ("famous").
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ingemar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ingemar has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2016 | 13 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 9,337 |
| 2000 | 9,360 |
| 2001 | 9,392 |
| 2002 | 9,415 |
| 2003 | 9,525 |
| 2004 | 9,540 |
| 2005 | 9,419 |
| 2006 | 9,374 |
| 2007 | 9,278 |
| 2008 | 9,261 |
| 2009 | 9,144 |
| 2010 | 9,049 |
| 2011 | 8,928 |
| 2012 | 8,786 |
| 2013 | 8,636 |
| 2014 | 8,469 |
| 2015 | 8,332 |
| 2016 | 8,157 |
| 2017 | 8,000 |
| 2018 | 7,839 |
| 2019 | 7,680 |
| 2020 | 7,521 |
Ingemar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ingemar.Hi! My name is Ingemar.
- Ingemar har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ingemar has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Ingemar kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Ingemar is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Ingemars mamma är lärare.Ingemar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ingemars mamma is Ingemar's mum.
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Questions about Ingemar
How do you pronounce Ingemar in Swedish?
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What does the name Ingemar mean?
Old Norse Ingimarr, from Ingi- ("the god Ing/Yngvi") and mærr ("famous").
How popular is Ingemar in Sweden?
5 babies were named Ingemar in 2022. In 2020, 7,521 people in Sweden had Ingemar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2011 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.