Ingvar
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Yngvarr. Akin to English Ivor.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ingvar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ingvar has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. 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 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 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 | 8,679 |
| 2000 | 8,620 |
| 2001 | 8,582 |
| 2002 | 8,496 |
| 2003 | 8,446 |
| 2004 | 8,380 |
| 2005 | 8,226 |
| 2006 | 8,085 |
| 2007 | 7,894 |
| 2008 | 7,721 |
| 2009 | 7,511 |
| 2010 | 7,274 |
| 2011 | 7,052 |
| 2012 | 6,829 |
| 2013 | 6,657 |
| 2014 | 6,457 |
| 2015 | 6,246 |
| 2016 | 6,027 |
| 2017 | 5,821 |
| 2018 | 5,621 |
| 2019 | 5,429 |
| 2020 | 5,209 |
Ingvar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ingvar.Hi! My name is Ingvar.
- Har du träffat Ingvar? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Ingvar? He started working here on Monday.
- Ingvar har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ingvar has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Ingvars mamma är lärare.Ingvar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ingvars mamma is Ingvar's mum.
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Questions about Ingvar
How do you pronounce Ingvar in Swedish?
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What does the name Ingvar mean?
From Old Norse Yngvarr. Akin to English Ivor.
How popular is Ingvar in Sweden?
5 babies were named Ingvar in 2022. In 2020, 5,209 people in Sweden had Ingvar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 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.