Ingvar (name)

{{hatnote|"Ingvar" may also refer to the Yngling dynasty king Ingvar Harra and to Ingvar of Kiev.}}

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| name = Ingvar

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| gender = Male

| meaning = Protected by Yngvi

| region = Scandinavia

| origin = Old Norse

| related names = Inga, Igor

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The name Ingvar is an Old Norse first name for men common in Scandinavia meaning "protected by Yngvi".{{cite web|title=Ingvar|url=https://www.name-doctor.com/meaning/ingvar|website=Name Doctor|access-date=5 November 2024}} The feminine version of the name is Inga.

The first element of the name is derived from Proto-Norse *Ing(w)ia (Ingi-), Norse Yngvi, who is better known by the title Freyr "Lord". The second element is probably either *harjaz (warrior) or *warjaz (defender).{{cite web|title=Ingvar|url=https://ordnet.dk/dnl/ordbog/?query=Ingvar#3859 |website=Dansk Navneleksicon|access-date=5 November 2024|language=da}} The name consequently either meant Freyr's warrior or Freyr's defender.

Igor is a given name derived from the Scandinavian name Ingvar that was brought to Kievan Rus' by the Varangians.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Old English sources suggest that the birth-name of Ivar the Boneless might have been Ingvar; he is referred to as Hyngvar, Hingvar and Inguar in the English annals.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

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