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Meaning of the nameYngrid

Yngrid is a spelling of the name Ingrid, which means “Ing is beautiful”.

Meaning

“Ing is beautiful”

Meaning of the name Ingrid, of which Yngrid is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Ingrid

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People (2022)
3,677
Rank in Brazil
#3,392
Median age
16 years
2010 Census
1,726
people

Yngrid in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Yngrid, 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 (1,440 people).

3,648 women 29 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 Yngrid is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Norte 0.004%
  2. Alagoas 0.004%
  3. Paraíba 0.003%
  4. Pernambuco 0.003%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo8170.002%
Rio de Janeiro3900.002%
Pernambuco2580.003%
Minas Gerais2360.001%
Ceará1990.002%
Bahia1860.001%
Pará1600.002%
Goiás1480.002%
Rio Grande do Norte1460.004%
Maranhão1300.002%
Alagoas1250.004%
Paraíba1230.003%
Rio Grande do Sul1150.001%
Paraná1060.001%
Mato Grosso660.002%
Piauí630.002%
Sergipe630.003%
Distrito Federal590.002%
Santa Catarina580.001%
Espírito Santo520.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul410.002%
Amazonas360.001%
Amapá230.003%
Rondônia220.001%
Tocantins210.001%
Acre170.002%
Roraima170.003%

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

The spelling Yngrid

It swaps the initial I for Y. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.

About the name Ingrid

Wiktionary derives Ingrid from the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Ingrid, from the Old Norse Ingiríðr; in the Norwegian entry, the first element is Ing, the name of a god, and the second continues fríðr, 'beautiful'. Behind the Name explains the name as 'Ing is beautiful', with fríðr, 'beautiful, beloved'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Íngride as the Portuguese form and Yngrid and Ingryd among the spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 130,768 people named Ingrid, most of them born in the 1990s and 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

Other spellings of Ingrid

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ingrid130,768
Yngrid3,677
Ingryd2,712

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ingrid · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Ingrid · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ingrid · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Yngrid

What does the name Yngrid mean?

Yngrid means “Ing is beautiful”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Ingrid, of which Yngrid is a spelling.

How many people are named Yngrid in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,677 people with the first name Yngrid, which ranks it number 3,392 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Yngrid is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,648 women and 29 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Yngrid?

Yngrid is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Yngrid most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.004% of the state's population is named Yngrid (146 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Yngrid?

Ingrid and Ingryd. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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