Ingolf is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, that has its roots in
Germanic mythology
Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the Germanic peoples, including Norse mythology, Anglo-Saxon mythology, and Continental Germanic mythology. It was a key element of Germanic paganism.
Origins
As the Germanic langua ...
. The first part "Ing" refers to the germanic god
Yngvi
Old Norse Yngvi , Old High German Ing/Ingwi and Old English Ingƿine are names that relate to a theonym which appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr. Proto-Germanic *Ingwaz was the legendary ancestor of the Ingaevones, or more acc ...
, the second part means "wolf". It may refer to:
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Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
Count Ingolf of Rosenborg (born 17 February 1940) is a Danish count and former prince. Born Prince Ingolf of Denmark ( da, Prins Ingolf Christian Frederik Knud Harald Gorm Gustav Viggo Valdemar Aage til Danmark), he appeared likely to some day ...
(born 1940), member of the Danish royal family
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Ingolf Elster Christensen (1872–1943), Norwegian politician
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Ingolf Dahl (1912–1970), German-born American composer, pianist, conductor and educator
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Ingolf U. Dalferth (born 1948), German philosopher and theologian
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Ingolf Davidsen (1893–1946), Norwegian gymnast
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Ingolf Gabold (born 1942), Danish composer
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Ingolf Lindau (born 1942), Swedish physicist and professor
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Ingolf Lück (born 1958), German actor, comedian and television host
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Ingolf Mork
Ingolf Mork (4 June 1947 – 1 February 2012) was a Norwegian ski jumper who was born in Molde, and represented IL Hjelset-Fram and SFK Lyn in Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It cons ...
(born 1947), Norwegian ski jumper
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Ingolf E. Rasmus (1902-1996), American politician and lawyer
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Ingolf Rød (1889–1963), Norwegian sailor
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Ingolf Rogde (1911–1978), Norwegian actor
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Ingolf Schanche (1877–1954), Norwegian actor and theatre director
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Ingolf Håkon Teigene (1949–2007), Norwegian journalist
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Ingolf Wiegert (born 1957), former East German handball player
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Ingolf Wunder (born 1985), Austrian pianist
*Ingolf Vogeler, a character in
the Emberverse series of science fiction novels by S. M. Stirling, first appearing in ''The Sunrise Lands''
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Norwegian masculine given names