Yngve

Yngve is a Scandinavian male given name, mostly used in Sweden and Norway. It is the modern form of either Old Norse Yngvi or of Ingwin. Yngvi was the Old Norse name of the Germanic god Ingu-, later identified with Freyr, or of Ingwian- "belonging to the tribe of the Ingvaeones" (who were in turn named after Ingu-.
The name is most common among Swedish men over the age of 50, and occurs almost exclusively as a middle name among the youngest. Due to its Viking origins, the name was very popular during the 19th century and the national romantic era.
As of 31 December 2005, there are a total of 18,578 Swedes with the name, of which 4756 use it as their main first name. As of 1 January 2006 there are 2370 Norwegians with Yngve as their first name, 1924 of whom use it as their only first name. In Finland there are 1046 people named Yngve.
Its namesday in the Swedish name day list of 2001 is 11 February.

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Modern form of Yngvi: ancestor.

Ingo, Ingvar, Igor, Inge, Inga, Ihor, Ihar

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Yngve Gasoy-Romdal	1968	Norwegian actor and singer
2	Yngve Slyngstad	1962	Norwegian economist
3	Victor Yngve	1920	American linguistics
4	Yngve Moe	1957	Norwegian musician
5	Yngve Brodd	1930	Swedish footballer and manager
6	Yngve Larsson	1881	Ph.D., Municipal commissioner (Borgarråd), Member of Parliament and statesman.
7	Yngve Östborn	1919	Swedish architect
8	Yngve Brilioth	1891	Church of Sweden bishop
9	Yngve Brox	1970	Norwegian politician and journalist
10	Yngve Hallén	1968	Norwegian football administrator
11	Yngve Hågensen	1938	Norwegian trade union leader
12	Yngve Skomsvoll	1970
13	Yngve Svinhufvud	1890	Finnish politician
14	Yngve Gamlin	1926	Actor, Film director
15	Yngve Wieland	1983	German singer-songwriter
16	Yngve Zotterman	1898	Swedish neuroscientist
17	Yngve Ryd	1952	Swedish writer
18	Yngve Nordwall	1908	Actor, director
19	Yngve Häckner	1895	Swedish javelin thrower and politician
20	Yngve Ekström	1913	Swedish architect and designer
21	Yngve Berg	1887
22	Yngve Lundh	1924	Swedish cyclist
23	Yngve Edward Soderberg	1896	American artist
24	Yngve Rasmussen	1860	Swedish architect
25	Yngve Jan Trede	1933	Danish composer
26	Yngve Holmberg	1925	Swedish politician
27	Yngve Sætre	1962	Norwegian singer and musician
28	Yngve Kalin	1950	Swedish judge
29	Yngve Hustad Reite	1983	Norwegian actor
30	Yngve Ekstrand	1888	Swedish admiral
31	Yngve A. A. Larsson	1917	Pediatrician, medicine professor, diabetologist
32	Yngve Slettholm	1955	Norwegian comopser
33	Yngve Lyttkens	1894	Swedish writer
34	Yngve Ekern	1964
35	Yngve Lindegren	1912	Swedish association football player
36	Yngve Stoor	1912	Swedish singer, lyricist and composer
37	Yngve Sköld	1899	Swedish composer
38	Yngve Stiernspetz	1889	Gymnast
39	Yngve Viebke	1912
40	Yngve Hindrikes	1943	Swedish association football player
41	Yngve Lindqvist	1897	Olympic sailor
42	Yngve Johnson	1895	Swedish diver
43	Yngve Carlson	1904
44	Yngve Bützow	1898
45	Yngve Horn	1955
46	Yngve Lindvig	1968	Norwegian writer
47	Yngve Øhrbom	1950
48	Yngve Rosqvist		Footballer
49	Yngve Engkvist	1918	Swedish yacht racer (1918-1982)
50	Yngve Lundström	1885	Swedish artist
51	Yngve Wahl	1918
52	Yngve Baum	1945	Swedish photographer
53	Yngve Tegnér	1915	Swedish architect
54	Yngve Hamrin	1907	Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden
55	Yngve Rudberg	1887	Swedish bishop
56	Yngve Leback	1948	Swedish association football player
57	Yngve Anderson	1892	Norwegian painter
58	Yngve Fredriksén	1925	Swedish architect
59	Yngve Orrmell	1923	Swedish writer
60	Yngve Lorents	1887
61	Yngve Johansson	1929	Ice hockey goaltender
62	Yngve Sunesson	1953	Swedish journalist and politician
63	Yngve Emil Marcussen	1975	Norwegian actor
64	Yngve Ricklund	1903	Swedish artist
65	Yngve Frøyen	1970
66	Yngve Casslind	1932	Swedish ice hockey player
67	Yngve Hofvander	1928
68	Yngve Kernell	1903
69	Yngve Westerberg	1906
70	Yngve Möller	1928
71	Yngve Persson	1911	Swedish politician
72	Yngve Andersson	1942
73	Yngve Nyquist	1922	Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden
74	Yngve Ahlbom	1903	Swedish architect
75	Yngve Svalander	1920	Swedish artist
76	Yngve Schaar	1881
77	Yngve Sundvor	1968
78	Yngve Hedvall	1887	Swedish writer and journalist
79	Yngve Lorentsen	1968
80	Yngve Sandbuløkken	1979	Norwegian association football player
81	Yngve Berger	1934	Swedish children's writer
82	Yngve Norrvi	1908	Swedish writer and journalist
83	Yngve Ingman	1895
84	Yngve Härén	1906
85	Yngve Andersen	1948	Norwegian association football player
86	Yngve Magnusson	1903	Swedish priest
87	Yngve Pacius	1886
88	Yngve Karlsen	1930	Norwegian association football player
89	Yngve Tidman	1916	Swedish journalist
90	Yngve Liljeberg	1909	Swedish sports coach
91	Yngve Pihl	1918
92	Yngve Holm	1889
93	Yngve Rådberg	1968	Swedish artist
94	Yngve Fritjof Kristiansen	1970	Norwegian singer
95	Yngve Bäck	1904	Finnish painter
96	Yngve Berglin	1874	Swedish athletics competitor
97	Yngve Lundqvist	1931	Swedish architect
98	Yngve Lagerblad		Finnish architect
99	Yngve Olsson	1894	Swedish politician
100	Yngve Nilsson	1909	Swedish politician
101	Yngve Bertilsson	1930	Swedish actor
102	Yngve Kareld	1909	Swedish priest
103	Yngve Strömberg	1916
104	Yngve Ågren	1899
105	Yngve Karlsson	1929
106	Hans Wahlander	1958
107	Yngve Elmlund	1883	Swedish athletics competitor
108	Knut Yngve Dahlbäck	1925	Swedish artist
109	Yngve Beckman	1902
110	Yngve Schönberg	1884	Swedish journalist
111	Yngve Alvå	1918	Swedish architect
112	Yngve von Schmidten	1877
113	Yngve Hagerman	1911
114	Yngve Hulling	1897