Ingimund as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ingimund

What is the meaning of the name Ingimund ?

The baby name Ingimund is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɪŋɪmʊnd/ (ING-ih-mund).

Ingimund is Norse, Scandinavian in Origin.

Ingimund is a masculine given name of Old Norse origin, from Ingimundr: Ingi- from Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz (Yngvi/Freyr), and -mundr “protection, guardianship.” The sense is “protected by Yngvi/Freyr” or “Ingi’s protection,” aligning with a wider Germanic pattern where -mund names express divine or familial safeguard.

The name appears widely in medieval Scandinavian and Norse-Gaelic contexts: Ingimundr hinn gamli (“the Old”) of Vatnsdœla saga, an early Icelandic settler; a Viking leader Ingimundr involved in the early 10th-century resettlement from Dublin to the Wirral and Anglesey, noted in annalistic and hagiographic sources. Usage persists in the North Atlantic, especially Iceland. Forms include Old Norse Ingimundr, Latinized Ingimundus; Icelandic Ingimundur; Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish Ingemund (rare); Anglo-Scandinavian Ingemund/Ingimund; and simplified Ingmund. Short forms: Ingi, Mundur.

⚙ Ingimund is absent from every birth registry and name dataset we follow. That usually points to a very rare, regional, or newly coined name. Whichever it is, scarcely anyone else carries it.