Ingvildr

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Usage：Ancient Scandinavian

Meaning & History：

Variant of YNGVILDR.

YNGVILDR female Ancient Scandinavian

Old Norse form of INGVILD.

INGVILD female Norwegian

From the Old Norse name Yngvildr, derived from the name of the Norse god YNGVI combined with hildr "battle".

YNGVI male Norse Mythology

Possibly an Old Norse cognate of ING. This was an alternate name of the god Freyr, who as Yngvi-Freyr was regarded as the ancestor of the Swedish royal family.

ING male Germanic Mythology

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.

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EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Yngvildr

NORWEGIAN: Ingvild

OTHER FORMS

NORSE MYTHOLOGY: Yngvi