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Ingrid, the name.
The syllable »Ing-« is in names as »Ingmar«, »Ingo«, »Ingolf«, »Ingrid« , »Inga«
The »Ingwäons«, a Teutonic people, were named after their founder Ingwo (also Ingwäo). After his exceptional heroic life he is supposed to have joined the nordic gods in (nordic) heaven, that's why he is also called »The Godly«.
Ingrid in Scandinavian: patron of the Ingwäons.
Ingrid in old German (althochdeutsch) = »The Teutonic Beauty« (Ingwio=teutonic, fridr=beautiful)
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