Re: Usage of 'Ingrid' in Latin America
in reply to a message by Fionnghuala
Just ran across this -- I wrote a column on Ingrid back in August:
http://www.omaha.com/living/evans-here-s-looking-at-you-kid-and-ingrids-everywhere/article_1374effe-e205-5fb4-9b92-1495222421d6.html
As you can see from the above Ingrid Bergman was largely responsible for the name's popularity in the United States as well as Latin America. Ingrid Bergman was one of the first internationally famous movie stars and so had a huge impact on this name in many parts of the world.
http://www.omaha.com/living/evans-here-s-looking-at-you-kid-and-ingrids-everywhere/article_1374effe-e205-5fb4-9b92-1495222421d6.html
As you can see from the above Ingrid Bergman was largely responsible for the name's popularity in the United States as well as Latin America. Ingrid Bergman was one of the first internationally famous movie stars and so had a huge impact on this name in many parts of the world.