Ingmar
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Ingemar. From Old Norse.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ingmar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ingmar has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2012. 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 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 8 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,413 |
| 2000 | 1,413 |
| 2001 | 1,403 |
| 2002 | 1,399 |
| 2003 | 1,404 |
| 2004 | 1,400 |
| 2005 | 1,385 |
| 2006 | 1,372 |
| 2007 | 1,349 |
| 2008 | 1,343 |
| 2009 | 1,321 |
| 2010 | 1,302 |
| 2011 | 1,281 |
| 2012 | 1,276 |
| 2013 | 1,267 |
| 2014 | 1,248 |
| 2015 | 1,219 |
| 2016 | 1,197 |
| 2017 | 1,174 |
| 2018 | 1,146 |
| 2019 | 1,125 |
| 2020 | 1,101 |
Ingmar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ingmar.Hi! My name is Ingmar.
- Ingmar bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Ingmar lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Ingmar kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Ingmar is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Ingmars mamma är lärare.Ingmar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ingmars mamma is Ingmar's mum.
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Questions about Ingmar
How do you pronounce Ingmar in Swedish?
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What does the name Ingmar mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Ingemar. From Old Norse.
How popular is Ingmar in Sweden?
8 babies were named Ingmar in 2022. In 2020, 1,101 people in Sweden had Ingmar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2012 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.