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A name. A world of connections.
A given name in Norwegian
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01 / Meaning & origin
Ingve is a masculine given name.
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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Norway, 2006: 4 boys (rank 530). Documented as a given name in Norwegian.
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03 / By the numbers
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1945–2025 Spelling: Ingve
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 | 6 | 312 | observed |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | 5 | 348 | observed |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | 5 | 342 | observed |
| 1951 | 7 | 306 | observed |
| 1952 | 5 | 351 | observed |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | 5 | 376 | observed |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | 9 | 292 | observed |
| 1958 | 8 | 329 | observed |
| 1959 | 5 | 409 | observed |
| 1960 | 5 | 429 | observed |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | 8 | 355 | observed |
| 1964 | 10 | 331 | observed |
| 1965 | 5 | 465 | observed |
| 1966 | 11 | 324 | observed |
| 1967 | 8 | 382 | observed |
| 1968 | 14 | 277 | observed |
| 1969 | 7 | 436 | observed |
| 1970 | 11 | 341 | observed |
| 1971 | 12 | 330 | observed |
| 1972 | 12 | 340 | observed |
| 1973 | 10 | 377 | observed |
| 1974 | 7 | 480 | observed |
| 1975 | 4 | 590 | observed |
| 1976 | 4 | 576 | observed |
| 1977 | 7 | 459 | observed |
| 1978 | 6 | 503 | observed |
| 1979 | 5 | 553 | observed |
| 1980 | 8 | 450 | observed |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | 8 | 456 | observed |
| 1983 | 7 | 486 | observed |
| 1984 | 7 | 481 | observed |
| 1985 | 6 | 525 | observed |
| 1986 | 10 | 404 | observed |
| 1987 | 5 | 553 | observed |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | 11 | 381 | observed |
| 1990 | 6 | 517 | observed |
| 1991 | 7 | 473 | observed |
| 1992 | 4 | 574 | observed |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | 8 | 408 | observed |
| 1996 | 6 | 459 | observed |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | 4 | 533 | observed |
| 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 | 4 | 530 | observed |
| 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 “Ingve” 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.
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Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
INGVE— “Ing’s consecration”
Ingve, or Ingvar, was a royal name in Scandinavia, and so travelled with the sons of Rurik to Russia; where Igor, as he was there called, led an army to strike terror into Constantinople, and the name has since become confused with Egor, or George. Ingulf was the secretary of William the Conqueror, and we would fain believe in the history of Croyland that goes by his name. Ingebjorg found her way into an old Saga as a demi-goddess directing wind and rain; but her historical…
Ingve, or Ingvar, was a royal name in Scandinavia, and so travelled with the sons of Rurik to Russia; where Igor, as he was there called, led an army to strike terror into Constantinople, and the name has since become confused with Egor, or George. Ingulf was the secretary of William the Conqueror, and we would fain believe in the history of Croyland that goes by his name. Ingebjorg found her way into an old Saga as a demi-goddess directing wind and rain; but her historical interest is connected with the unfortunate Danish princess, whom Philippe Auguste married only to repudiate, and whom French historians translate into Ingeberge, English ones into Ingoberga. Hers is the most common female name in Norway.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section XIV (Ing—Seaxnot) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
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Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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