Ingemar

Gender：
Pronounced： [ ING-e-mahr ]
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Usage：Swedish

Meaning & History：

From the Old Norse name Ingimárr, derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with mærr "famous".

From the Germanic *Ingwaz, possibly meaning "ancestor". This was the name of an obscure old Germanic fertility god who was considered the ancestor of the tribe the Ingaevones. It is possible he was an earlier incarnation of the god Freyr.

Names related to Ingemar：

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ingimárr

SWEDISH: Ingmar

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ingi

NORWEGIAN: Inge

SWEDISH: Inge

OTHER FORMS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Ingo, Ingomar

GERMAN: Ingo, Ingomar

GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY: Ing