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Meaning of the nameIngred

Ingred is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, whose spelling resembles the Nordic name Ingrid.

Meaning

The meaning of Ingred is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
8,033
Rank in Brazil
#1,978
Median age
22 years
2010 Census
9,152
people

Ingred in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ingred, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (2,893 people).

7,984 women 49 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ingred is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ingred in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.008%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.006%
  3. Pará 0.006%
  4. Goiás 0.005%
  5. Maranhão 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,4850.003%
Minas Gerais1,3040.006%
Bahia1,0590.008%
Rio de Janeiro5810.004%
Pará4630.006%
Goiás3760.005%
Maranhão3400.005%
Pernambuco2730.003%
Ceará2630.003%
Paraná2220.002%
Rio Grande do Sul2010.002%
Amazonas1980.005%
Santa Catarina1790.002%
Distrito Federal1390.005%
Espírito Santo1060.003%
Mato Grosso1050.003%
Piauí1010.003%
Alagoas980.003%
Rio Grande do Norte960.003%
Paraíba840.002%
Sergipe650.003%
Acre580.007%
Rondônia570.004%
Tocantins540.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul520.002%
Amapá470.006%
Roraima270.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Ingred

The origin of the spelling Ingred is uncertain. It resembles Ingrid, a name that Wiktionary traces to Old Norse Ingiríðr, through the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish forms; Behind the Name explains Ingrid as the name of the Germanic god Ing combined with Old Norse fríðr, 'beautiful'. Ingred, however, is a separate spelling. It is almost always a female name, given mostly to people born in the 1990s and 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,033 people named Ingred, with a median age of 22. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ingrid · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Ingrid · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Ingred

What does the name Ingred mean?

The meaning of Ingred is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Ingred in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,033 people with the first name Ingred, which ranks it number 1,978 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Ingred a boy's or a girl's name?

Ingred is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,984 women and 49 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Ingred most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.008% of the state's population is named Ingred (1,059 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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