Ingvar

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Ingvar is a Scandinavian given name of Old Norse origin, historically associated with Viking-age figures and meaning roughly "Ing’s warrior" or "warrior of the god Ing."

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ingvar canonical 7
Ingevar 1
Ingwar 1

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scandinavian given name
given name
associatedWith Old Norse culture
linked to: Norse culture

Viking Age
culturalAssociation Germanic paganism
linked to: Germanic mythology

Norse mythology
derivedFrom Yngvarr
linked to: Ingvar
elementMeaning -varr means warrior or defender
Ing refers to a Germanic deity
etymologicalRoot Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz
genderAssociation masculine
hasCognate Ingevar
linked to: Ingvar
hasElement -varr
Ing
hasMeaning Ing’s warrior
warrior of the god Ing
hasOrigin Old Norse language
Scandinavia
hasVariant Ingwar
linked to: Ingvar

Yngvar
linked to: Ingvar
historicallyBorneBy Viking leaders
medieval Scandinavian nobles
nameDayInSweden January 10
nameType male given name
notableBearer Ingvar Carlsson
Ingvar Kamprad
popularityRegion Scandinavia
region Northern Europe
script Latin alphabet
usedInCountry Denmark
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
usedInLanguage Danish
Icelandic
Norwegian
Swedish

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ivar hasRelatedName Ingvar
Ingvar Carlsson givenName Ingvar
Igor derivedFrom Ingvar
Ingvar derivedFrom Yngvarr
linked to: Ingvar
Ingvar hasVariant Yngvar
linked to: Ingvar
Ingvar hasVariant Ingwar
linked to: Ingvar
Ingvar hasCognate Ingevar
linked to: Ingvar
Ingvar Kamprad givenName Ingvar
Ingvar Andersson givenName Ingvar
Lamb featuresCharacter Ingvar