Yngve
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Norwegian: Yngvi, the original name of Freyr
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʏnɡʋɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yngve is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Norway.
- NONorway
- SESweden
- FIFinland
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The letter "Y" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Yngve is read(measured from records)
Yngve is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Norwegian34%
Yngvi, the original name of Freyr
as a wordrecorded as Norwegian Nynorskkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Swedish28%
The letter "Y" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Yngve är ett nordiskt namn, en avledning till urgermanskt *Ingwaz (jfr namnelementet → Ing(e)-) och → Inge. I Snorres Heimskringla sägs att guden Frej även kallades Yngvi och att hans ättlingar benämndes ynglingar. I den rikssvenska almanackan 11 februari och i den finlandssvenska 23 november.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
- English11%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Yngve in English.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
- NONorway
- SESweden
- USUnited States
- FIFinland
- DKDenmark
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Yngve is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, in den i96oer-Jahren entlehnter männl. Vom. nordischer Herkunft (zu alt nord. Yngvi, Name einer germanischen Gott heit).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yngve Sjöstedtb. 1866SESwedish naturalist (1866-1948)
- Yngve Stiernspetzb. 1889SEgymnast (1889–1945)
- Yngve Holmb. 1895SESwedish sailor (1895–1943)
- Yngve Sköldb. 1899SESwedish composer (1899–1992)
- Yngve Nordwallb. 1908SEactor, director
- Yngve Gamlinb. 1926SESwedish actor (1926-1995)
- Yngve Broddb. 1930SESwedish footballer and manager (1930-2016)
- Yngve Casslindb. 1932SESwedish ice hockey player (1932–1992)
- Yngwie Malmsteenb. 1963SEnot in their usual nameSwedish guitarist
- Per "Dead" Ohlinb. 1969SEnot in their usual nameSwedish vocalist (1969–1991)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 529 | #1,795 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Yngve come from?
- The letter "Y" in the Swedish spelling alphabet Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Yngve?
- A machine transcription gives /ʏnɡʋɛ/ (IPA) for Norwegian.
- What does the name Yngve mean?
- In Norwegian, Yngvi, the original name of Freyr
- Is Yngve a male or female name?
- Yngve is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Yngve?
- In the etymology graph, Yngvi is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Yngve have the most bearers?
- Yngve is most frequently recorded in Norway.
What do you want to know about Yngve?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yngveThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yngve”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.