Female first name (German, Scandinavian): Ingeborg; Old Norse (two-part name); ing = (name of a god) (German dialect); Bjorg = the castle, mountain, protect, old Scandinavian two-part name, the first name element 'Ing' goes back to 'ing' / 'Ingwio', the name of a Teutonic goddess of love; name was taken from Scandinavia into German