Ingmar - Meaning of Ingmar

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[ 2 syll. in-gmar, ing-m-ar ] The baby boy name Ingmar is also used as a girl name. It is pronounced as IH-NGMaaR †. Ingmar is a Scandinavian, English, and German name of Old Norse and Germanic origin. Germanic origin, English, German, and Scandinavian use: A two-element name, it is derived from the elements 'Ing' ; 'meri' meaning great, famous. The first element Ing refers to a Germanic god of fertility, who was also known as Ingui or Yngvi. The name was borne by the celebrated Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman (1918-).

Ingmar is a Scandinavian variant of the name Ing (German and English).

Ingamar (English), Ingar (Scandinavian), Ingemar (English and Scandinavian), Ingmer, and Ingomar (German) are variants of Ingmar.

Inge (Scandinavian pet form) and Ing (Germanic, Old English, Old Norse, and German contraction) are other variants of Ingmar.

See also the related form, Ingo (German).

See also the related categories, god, english, element, german, and scandinavian.

Ingmar is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Ingmar include Ingmer, Ingamar, Ingemar, and Ingomar.

† Pronunciation for Ingmar: IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; NG as in "sing (S.IH.NG)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)"

A famous person named Ingmar is Filmmaker, Ingmar Bergman, born Ernst Ingmar Bergman, 14 July 1918 - 30 July 2007, Uppsala, Sweden.