Ingolf Forename

43,910th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 16,275 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Ingolf Forename User-submission:

Ingolf (and its variants in their respective languages) is a given name in both Germany and Scandinavia. It is derived from the Proto-Germanic root words 'Inguz' (Yngvi, a shared god amongst the traditional Germanic religions) and 'wulfaz' (wolf).

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Ingolf Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
13,4871:7,168600
Denmark-1,2311:4,589563
Norway
100%
9801:5,237623
United States
100%
1541:2,354,13637,225
Austria
100%
851:100,1672,105
Sweden
100%
771:128,0255,131
Finland
90%
 
341:161,2703,034
Switzerland
100%
301:273,7835,582
Faroe Islands
100%
281:1,755374
Canada
100%
241:1,380,55723,993
Brazil
100%
211:10,201,722125,264
Netherlands
100%
201:845,10415,840
Thailand
100%
121:5,838,818101,178
Australia-111:1,241,60213,569
England
100%
111:5,054,81145,959
France
100%
91:7,385,59325,788
Greenland-71:8,053908
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Chile
100%
41:4,401,80221,957
South Africa
100%
41:13,633,162197,070
Belgium
100%
31:3,830,01425,398
Japan-31:42,662,01963,122
Italy
100%
31:20,354,03045,650
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Russia-21:72,116,852125,484
Croatia
100%
21:2,108,53815,895
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Iceland
100%
21:183,0085,215
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Paraguay
100%
11:7,236,80516,549
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Luxembourg
100%
11:564,0495,042
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
DR Congo-11:73,827,605146,761
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883

Ingolf (56) may also be a surname.

Ingolf Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Ingolf (and its variants in their respective languages) is a given name in both Germany and Scandinavia. It is derived from the Proto-Germanic root words 'Inguz' (Yngvi, a shared god amongst the traditional Germanic religions) and 'wulfaz' (wolf).

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Ingolf Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Igolf912/
Inolf911/
Ingulf83110/
Ingolv8399/
Engolf835/
Jngolf831/
Ingalf831/
Ainolf831/
Heinolf779/
Egolf73105/
Enolf731/
Ingulv6722/
Imholf675/
Hegolf671/
Eggolf671/
Ingeløv622/
Isnalfe621/
Enolv551/
Enalfe5011/
Ainalb509/
Engelv506/
Enollb501/
Ginalv501/

Ingolf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ingolf in the Russian language
Ингольфingolf-

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