Ingrid Bergman’s first baby, Friedel Pia, was born in Sweden in 1938.
Friedel’s first name was a diminutive of Ingrid’s mother’s name, Frieda. And here’s how she got her middle name:
NAMING THE BABY: The name of Ingrid Bergman’s daughter is Pia. The P is the first initial of her father’s name which is Peter, second is from her mother’s, Ingrid, and the A is from her papa’s middle name which is Aaron. Quite an unusual method of child naming. If I had been named that way my first name would be CLM. How about you?
The details aren’t perfect — Pia’s father’s given names were actually Petter and Aron — but the formula is correct. And I do like the question.
What would your name have been if your parents had used the Ingrid Bergman formula?
Even better, if you plug your initials and your partner’s initials into that formula, what’s the result? Is it a usable baby name?
Sources:
- Durling, E.V. “On the Side.” Toledo Blade 18 May 1946, Peach Section: 1.
- Spoto, Donald. Notorious: the life of Ingrid Bergman. Cambridge: Da Capo Press, 2001.
[Latest update: Sept. 2023]