Ingolf as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ingolf

What is the meaning of the name Ingolf ?

The baby name Ingolf is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɪŋɡɔlf/ (approx. 'ING-golf').

Ingolf is Norse, Scandinavian in Origin.

Rooted in Old Norse, Ingolf combines Ing- (from Proto-Germanic Ingwaz, the divine name Yngvi/Ing, later associated with the god Freyr) with -olf (from ulfr "wolf"). The composite meaning is "Ing's wolf" or "Freyr's wolf," a warrior-evocative theophoric name. Forms include Old Norse Ingólfr, modern Icelandic Ingólfur, and the Scandinavian and German spelling Ingolf; Norwegian also shows Ingolv. A closely related variant is Ingulf (medieval Latinized as Ingulfus), and Ingo is a common short form for Ing- names, including Ingolf.

Attested since the Viking Age across Scandinavia, the name is famously borne by Ingólfr Arnarson, regarded by tradition as Iceland's first permanent settler and the founder of Reykjavik. Ingolf persisted in regional use and saw revival in the 19th to 20th centuries amid renewed interest in Norse heritage in Germany and the Nordic countries, remaining a recognizable yet uncommon traditional masculine name.