Ingvor
Meaning and origin
Old Norse Yngvǫr, from the god Ing/Yngvi and varr ("careful").
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ingvor (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 | 1,379 |
| 2000 | 1,366 |
| 2001 | 1,360 |
| 2002 | 1,338 |
| 2003 | 1,327 |
| 2004 | 1,319 |
| 2005 | 1,307 |
| 2006 | 1,293 |
| 2007 | 1,274 |
| 2008 | 1,251 |
| 2009 | 1,236 |
| 2010 | 1,218 |
| 2011 | 1,201 |
| 2012 | 1,182 |
| 2013 | 1,158 |
| 2014 | 1,137 |
| 2015 | 1,118 |
| 2016 | 1,103 |
| 2017 | 1,077 |
| 2018 | 1,059 |
| 2019 | 1,039 |
| 2020 | 1,011 |
Ingvor in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ingvor.Hi! My name is Ingvor.
- Ingvor har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ingvor has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Ingvors mamma är lärare.Ingvor's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ingvors mamma is Ingvor's mum.
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Questions about Ingvor
How do you pronounce Ingvor in Swedish?
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What does the name Ingvor mean?
Old Norse Yngvǫr, from the god Ing/Yngvi and varr ("careful").
How popular is Ingvor in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Ingvor in 2022. In 2020, 1,011 people in Sweden had Ingvor 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.