Ingemund as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ingemund

What is the meaning of the name Ingemund ?

The baby name Ingemund is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɪŋɡəmʌnd/ (ING-gə-mund).

Ingemund is Norse, Scandinavian in Origin.

Ingemund is a Scandinavian masculine name from Old Norse Ingimundr, built from the theonym Ing (Yngvi/Freyr) plus -mundr 'protection, guardianship' (Proto-Germanic mund). It therefore means 'protected by Ing' or 'Ing's protection,' paralleling cognates like Sigmund and Edmund that share the -mund element across Germanic languages.

Attested on Viking-Age runic stones and in the Icelandic sagas, notably Ingimundr inn gamli ('the Old'), an early Icelandic settler, the name also appears in medieval Norse history (e.g., Ingimundr connected with the Orkneys). Usage was widespread in medieval Norway, Sweden, and Denmark but has since become rare; it persists in Iceland as Ingimundur. Variants include Ingimund, Ingimundur (Icelandic/Faroese), Ingemund (Norwegian/Swedish/Danish), and less commonly Ingmund; short forms such as Inge or Mund occur regionally. The name carries a traditional, strongly Norse character while remaining distinctive today.

⚙ We have no record of Ingemund in any national birth registry or name dataset. Such a name is generally either rare, regional or traditional, or a brand-new coinage. Either way, it remains a genuinely rare choice.