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“Ing's wolf”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Ingolf is a masculine given name documented in German, Swedish, Danish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Ingólfr. Swedish Wikipedia gives the meaning “Ing's wolf”.
Meaning: “Ing's wolf”
Old Norse Ingólfr, from the god Ing or Yngvi, and ulfr ("wolf").
02 / Across borders
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5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 1921: 5 boys (rank 4322).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Ingolf
Recorded category boys
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | 20 | 186 | observed |
| 1946 | 13 | 232 | observed |
| 1947 | 16 | 208 | observed |
| 1948 | 8 | 287 | observed |
| 1949 | 17 | 202 | observed |
| 1950 | 8 | 287 | observed |
| 1951 | 18 | 196 | observed |
| 1952 | 19 | 190 | observed |
| 1953 | 10 | 256 | observed |
| 1954 | 14 | 224 | observed |
| 1955 | 8 | 294 | observed |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | 10 | 284 | observed |
| 1959 | 15 | 231 | observed |
| 1960 | 9 | 318 | observed |
| 1961 | 6 | 380 | observed |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 6 | 414 | observed |
| 1964 | 6 | 444 | observed |
| 1965 | 4 | 510 | observed |
| 1966 | 5 | 484 | observed |
| 1967 | 8 | 382 | observed |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | 5 | 499 | observed |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | 10 | 373 | observed |
| 1972 | 5 | 537 | observed |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | 4 | 586 | observed |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | 5 | 524 | observed |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1984 | 4 | 603 | observed |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Ingolf” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
former Danish prince (born 1940); elder son of Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
Norwegian politician
Norwegian politician, jurist, and military officer (1872–1943)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
