Ingeld as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ingeld

What is the meaning of the name Ingeld ?

The baby name Ingeld is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɪnɡɛld/ (IN-geld).

Ingeld is English, Norse in Origin.

Ingeld is an Old English masculine name built from the Proto-Germanic theophoric element Ing-/Yng- (referring to the god Ing/Yngvi, later identified with Freyr) and -geld “payment, tribute, value.” The compound can be read as “Ing’s tribute,” “tribute to Ing,” or more broadly “of worth through Ing.” The second element is the same as in words like Danegeld and in Visigothic royal names ending in -gild.

The name is recorded in early Germanic poetry: Ingeld is the Heathobard prince in Beowulf and also appears in Widsith; Latin documents render it as Ingeldus. A close Norse cognate is Ingjald (Old Norse Ingjaldr), borne by a semi-legendary Swedish king in the sagas. Medieval use was scattered in Anglo-Saxon England and early Scandinavia, declining after Christianization in favor of saints’ names. Modern occurrences are rare, though antiquarian revivals and Scandinavian forms persist. Variant forms: Ingeld, Ingild, Ingeldus, Ingjald/Ingjaldr.

⚙ Ingeld is exceptionally rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 1 recorded use, across 1 country.