Ingrida
About 430 Polish women carry it, and no girl has been given it in years, so meeting one would be memorable. The name is Germanic, built on the god Ing.
Ingrida Pronunciation
Ingrida is pronounced eeng-REE-dah (/ingˈrida/).
What Ingrida means
Where Ingrida comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ingrida travels down from the Germanic north. It is built from Ing, the name of an old fertility god also known as Yngvi-Freyr, joined to the Old Norse fríðr, meaning fair or beautiful. Read together, the parts say "Ing is beautiful," or in Polish, piękna jak bóg Ing. Behind the modern spelling stands the older form Ingríðr.
In Polish paperwork the name also turns up as Ingryda. Same god, softer letters. Picture two girls on one school register, an Ingrida and an Ingryda, sharing an origin they may never discuss.
The god Ing gave more than a syllable here. The beauty in the name was never a separate idea bolted on later; it belonged to that pairing from the start. That is why Ingrida still means, quite plainly, "Ing is beautiful."
How many people are named Ingrida
1 in 52428 women in Poland is named Ingrida. 430 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1431 among female names.
Ingrida as a middle name
Ingrida is a first name for 430 women in Poland and a middle name for another 101, an 81/19 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 663rd, between Gustawa (101) and Jessika (101).
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