The name Ingvar is an Old Norse first name for men common in Scandinavia meaning "protected by Yngvi". The feminine version of the name is Inga.
The first element of the name is derived from Proto-Norse *Ing(w)ia (Ingi-), Norse Yngvi, who is better known by the title Freyr "Lord". The second element is probably either *harjaz (warrior) or *warjaz (defender). The name consequently either meant Freyr's warrior or Freyr's defender.
Igor is a given name derived from the Scandinavian name Ingvar that was brought to Kievan Rus' by the Varangians.
Old English sources suggest that the birth-name of Ivar the Boneless might have been Ingvar; he is referred to as Hyngvar, Hingvar and Inguar in the English annals.
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People
First name
Ingvar Harra, Swedish ruler
Ingvar the Far-Travelled, 11th-century Swedish Viking
Ingvar of Kiev, 13th-century monarch of Kiev
Ingvar Ambjørnsen (1956–2025), Norwegian writer
Ingvar Bengtsson (1922–2001), Swedish athlete
Ingvar Bengtsson (born 1955), Swedish sailor
Ingvar Carlsson (born 1934), Swedish politician
Ingvar Dalhaug (born 1957), Norwegian footballer
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (born 1963), Icelandic actor
Ingvar Ericsson, multiple people
Ingvar Gärd (1921–2006), Swedish football player
Ingvar Jónsson (born 1989), Icelandic football player
Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018), Swedish businessman
Ingvar Kärnefelt (born 1944), Swedish lichenologist
Ingvar Lidholm (1921–2017), Swedish composer
Ingvar Lindell (1904–1993), Swedish jurist and politician
Ingvar Oldsberg (1945–2022), Swedish television presenter and sports journalist
Ingvar Pettersson, multiple people
Ingvar Rydell (1922–2013), Swedish football player
Ingvar Skogsberg (born 1937), Swedish film director and screenwriter
Ingvar Svensson, multiple people
Ingvar Þóroddsson, Icelandic politician
Middle name
John Ingvar Lövgren (1930–2002), Swedish murderer