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The only Ingrid I know was born in Germany so I would say yes.

Thank you all so much!

Yes!

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I have a German relative named Ingrid. She goes by Inge (EENG-eh).

I'd say yes. I think Ingrid has quite a German ring to it. Well at least a Northern European feel. In any case, I don't think the ethnic background of a name is that important. I've known people named Francesca, Bianca and Antonio who aren't even slightly Italian.

Yes... I like names like Tihana even though there is no Serbian or Croatian in my family.

I'm Swedish and yes, I think it works. I think some Swedish names are weird on someone with no Swedish ancestry, but Ingrid isn't one of them. Ingrid is even listed here at BtN as both Swedish (Scandinavian) and German.

With the massive wave of Scandinavian names that has been sweeping over Germany those past few years, she'd fit right in here ;-)

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Seriously though, while it's true that we only "officially adopted" Ingrid in the 1800's, she must have felt at home here straight away seeing as we have quite a few home-grown Ing- names ourselves. And yet there were more "Ing- boys" than "Ing- girls", so I guess "integrating" Ingrid felt "logical". Or something. Huh, rambling again...

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Anyway, I just had a look at the statistics and it appears that Ingrid was a top ten name here from 1929 to 1952, she only truly "disappeared" off the radar in the late 1960's or early 1970's. Other than that she somehow seems to defy the "100 year cycle" and is now deemed "hipster chic" by some avant-gardist posters on German name boards ;-)

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I somehow feel like I didn't even get close to answering your question. So, um, yes, I think Ingrid would work on a German girl. Very well so.
And by the way, I like this name quite a bit ;-)

Yep, Ingrid is both Swedish and German, or at least it was imported from Sweden a long time ago. My minor is German, so I am attracted to a lot of German names. I am considering Ingrid as a middle name, but I think it's usable as a first name as well.

Of course....

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It's common to name a child of one ancestry with a name of another. I've even met a white Canadian Shaniqua (Shany) a few years ago. My favourite name is Jacqueline and I don't have any French in me...

This message was edited 8/12/2012, 8:56 PM

Most certainly. Ingrid is a Scandinavian and German name.

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I know of a German Astrid, and although I tend to think of Swedish people before I do German, I think it's fine. Ingrid strikes me as more German sounding than Astrid even though both are used throughout Scandinavia and Germany.

This message was edited 8/12/2012, 8:58 PM