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 ...
, 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 langu ...
. 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 (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
Ingolf Dahl (June 9, 1912 – August 6, 1970) was a German-born American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator.
Biography
Dahl was born Walter Ingolf Marcus in Hamburg, Germany, to a German Jewish father, attorney Paul Marcus, and his Swed ...
(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
Ingolf Davidsen (30 January 1893 – 23 March 1946) was a Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympisch ...
(1893–1946), Norwegian gymnast
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Ingolf Gabold
Ingolf Georg August Gabold (born 31 March 1942 Heidelberg, Germany) is a Danish composer. He is a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
He has been the head of the dramatic fiction department at DR, the Danish national broadcaster.
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(born 1942), Danish composer
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Ingolf Lindau (born 1942), Swedish physicist and professor
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Ingolf Lück
Ingolf Lück (born 26 April 1958) is a German actor, comedian and television host.
Lück was born in Bielefeld. He hosted several sketch comedy shows; the best known, '' Die Wochenshow'', aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2002.
He also hosted ' ...
(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. He won the Four Hills Tournament in 1972, and had two victories in the Holmenkollen (1971 and 1972) ...
(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
Ingolf Rogde (14 May 1911 – 4 June 1978) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in Sande, Møre og Romsdal, and was married to actress Siri Rom. He was mainly known for his long-term period with the touring theatre Riksteatret. Rogde made his s ...
(1911–1978), Norwegian actor
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Ingolf Schanche
Ingolf Findregaard Schanche (13 June 1877 – 15 April 1954) was a Norwegian actor and theatre director. He spent most of his career at Nationaltheatret in Oslo, and was also the first artistic director at Det Nye Teater.
Personal life
Schan ...
(1877–1954), Norwegian actor and theatre director
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Ingolf Håkon Teigene (1949–2007), Norwegian journalist
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Ingolf Wiegert
Ingolf Wiegert (born 3 November 1957 in Magdeburg) is a former East German
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on ...
(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
The Emberverse series—or Change World—is a series of post-apocalyptic alternate history novels written by S. M. Stirling.
The novels depict the events following a mysterious—yet sudden—worldwide event called "The Change" that occurs a ...
of science fiction novels by S. M. Stirling, first appearing in ''The Sunrise Lands''
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Norwegian masculine given names