The names listed here are used in Norway. See also about Scandinavian names.

AGATHE   f   French, German, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Ancient Greek
Cognate of AGATHA

ÅGE   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of ÅKE

AGNES   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste"... [more]

AGNETHA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of AGNES

ÅGOT   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of AGATHA

AINA (1)   f   Finnish, Scandinavian
Variant of AINO... [more]

AKSEL   m   Danish, Norwegian
Variant of AXEL

ALBIN   m   Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
From the Roman cognomen Albinus, which was derived from Latin albus "white, bright"... [more]

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALF (1)   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Derived from Old Norse alfr "elf"... [more]

ALFHILD   f   Norwegian, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Alfhildr which was composed of the elements alfr "elf" and hildr "battle"... [more]

ALFRED   m   English, French, Scandinavian, German, Polish
Derived from the Old English element ælf "elf" combined with ræd "counsel"... [more]

ALVA (1)   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Feminine form of ALF (1)

ANDERS   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDOR (1)   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Arnþórr, derived from the element arn "eagle" combined with the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR).

ANDREA (2)   f   English, German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Feminine form of ANDREW

ANDREAS   m   German, Greek, Scandinavian, Welsh, Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek and Latin form of ANDREW... [more]

ANJA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene pet form of ANNA

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNBJØRG   f   Norwegian
Variant of ARNBJØRG

ANNE (1)   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Basque
French form of HANNAH... [more]

ANNELIE   f   German, Scandinavian
Short form of ANNELIESE

ANNIKEN   f   Norwegian
Norwegian pet form of ANNA

ANSGAR   m   German, Scandinavian
Derived from the Germanic elements ans "god" and gar "spear"... [more]

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ARNBJØRG   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of ARNBORG

ARNE (1)   m   Scandinavian
Originally an Old Norse short form of names beginning with the element arn meaning "eagle".

ARON   m   Polish, Scandinavian
Polish and Scandinavian form of AARON

ARVID   m   Scandinavian
Means "eagle tree" from Scandinavian arn "eagle" and vidhr "tree".

ASBJØRN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish form of ASBJÖRN

ÅSE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of ÅSA

ASGEIR   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of ASGER

ASLAUG   f   Norwegian, Danish
Derived from the Old Norse elements áss meaning "god" and laug possibly meaning "betrothed woman".

ÅSMUND   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Ásmundr, cognate of OSMUND.

ASTA   f   Scandinavian
Short form of ÁSTRÍÐR

ASTRID   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of ÁSTRÍÐR... [more]

AUDHILD   f   Norwegian
Derived from the Old Norse elements auðr "wealth, fortune" and hildr "battle".

AXEL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ABSALOM

BEATA   f   Polish, German, Scandinavian
Derived from Latin beatus meaning "blessed"... [more]

BENEDIKTE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian feminine form of BENEDICT

BERGLIOT   f   Norwegian
Variant of BERGLJOT

BERGLJOT   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Bergljót, which was composed of the elements berg "help, save" and ljótr "light".

BERIT   f   Scandinavian
Variant of BIRGIT

BERNT   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERNARD

BERTIL   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BERTHOLD

BIRGER   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse bjarga meaning "to help, to save, to protect".

BIRGIT   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BRIDGET

BIRGITTA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of BRIDGET... [more]

BJARNE   m   Scandinavian
Variant of BJÖRN

BJARTE   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Bjartr, which meant "bright".

BJOERN   m   Scandinavian
Variant of BJÖRN or BJØRN

BJØRG   f   Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse björg meaning "protection, help".

BJØRN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Danish and Norwegian form of BJÖRN

BODIL   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Bóthildr, derived from bót "remedy" and hildr "battle".

BORGHILD   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Derived from the Old Norse elements borg "fortification" and hildr "battle"... [more]

BRIT   f   Norwegian
Norwegian short form of BIRGITTA

BRITA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Pet form of BIRGITTA

BRITT   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA

BRITTA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA

CAI (1)   m   Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

CAJ   m   Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

CARINA   f   Scandinavian, German, English
Pet form of CARA... [more]

CARL   m   German, Scandinavian, English
German form of CHARLES... [more]

CATHRINE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of KATHERINE

CECILIE   f   Norwegian, Danish, Czech
Norwegian, Danish and Czech form of CECILIA

CHARLOTTE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian
French feminine pet form of CHARLES... [more]

CHRISTIN   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of KRISTIN

CHRISTINA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
Feminine form of CHRISTIAN... [more]

CHRISTINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian
French form and English, German and Scandinavian variant of CHRISTINA

CHRISTOFFER   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian variant of CHRISTOPHER

DAG   m   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse dagr meaning "day".

DAGFINN   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Dagfinnr, which was composed of the elements dagr "day" and Finnr "person from Finland".

DAGMAR   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid".

DAGNY   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Dagný, which was derived from the elements dagr "day" and ný "new".

DAGRUN   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Dagrún, which was derived from the Old Norse elements dagr "day" and rún "secret lore".

DANIEL   m   English, Jewish, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name דָנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DAVID   m   English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

EBBE   m   German, Scandinavian
Short form of EBERHARD and other names beginning with the Germanic element eber meaning "wild boar".

EDITH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch
Derived from the Old English element ead "rich, blessed" combined with gyæ "war"... [more]

EDVARD   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Czech
Cognate of EDWARD

EDVIN   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Hungarian
Scandinavian, Finish and Hungarian form of EDWIN

EGIL   m   Scandinavian
Old Norse pet form of names that began with the element eg, which means "edge of a sword"... [more]

EILERT   m   Frisian, Scandinavian
Frisian and Scandinavian form of ECKHARD

EINAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Einarr, derived from the elements ein "one" and arr "warrior"... [more]

EIRIK   m   Norwegian
Norwegian form of Eiríkr (see ERIC).

ELIAS   m   Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Finnish
Cognate of ELIJAH

ELIN   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of HELEN

ELISABET   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian and Finnish form of ELIZABETH

ELISABETH   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, English, Biblical (Variant)
German and Dutch form of ELIZABETH... [more]

ELLINOR   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ELEANOR

ELSE   f   Danish, Norwegian, German
Pet form of ELISABETH

EMANUEL   m   Scandinavian, German, Romanian
Scandinavian, German and Romanian form of EMMANUEL

EMIL   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

EMILIA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Polish, Scandinavian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMILIE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

ENOK   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of ENOCH

ERIK   m   Scandinavian, Czech, Slovene, German
Cognate of ERIC... [more]

ERIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene
Cognate of ERICA

ERLEND   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of ERLAND

ESBEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Variant of ASBJØRN

ESPEN   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of ASBJØRN

ESTER   f   Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Finnish
Cognate of ESTHER

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA.

FILIP   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian
Cognate of PHILIP

FINN (2)   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Finnr which meant "person from Finland".

FOLKE   m   Scandinavian
Short form of various Old Norse names that contain the element folk meaning "people".

FRANS   m   Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish
Dutch, Scandinavian and Finnish form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FREJ   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German form of FREYR

FREJA   f   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German form of FREYA

FRIDA   f   Scandinavian, Hungarian
Scandinavian and Hungarian form of FRIEDE... [more]

FRIDTJOF   m   Scandinavian
Variant of FRITJOF

FRITJOF   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name friðþjófr meaning "thief of peace", derived from the elements friðr "peace" and þjófr "thief".

FRODE   m   Danish, Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse fróðr meaning "learned, wise".

GABRIEL   m   English, French, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) which meant "strong man of God"... [more]

GEIR   m   Norwegian
Short form of Old Norse names containing the element geirr meaning "spear".

GEORG   m   German, Scandinavian, Estonian
German form of GEORGE... [more]

GERD (2)   f   Norse Mythology, Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse garðr meaning "enclosure"... [more]

GERDA (2)   f   Scandinavian
Latinized form of GERD (2)

GINA   f   Italian, English, Scandinavian
Short form of GEORGINA, REGINA, LUIGINA or other names ending in gina.

GJURD   m   Norwegian
Norwegian cognate of GJORD

GREGERS   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of GREGORY

GRETHE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Short form of MARGRETHE

GRO   f   Norwegian
Possibly from Old Norse gróa "to grow".

GRY   f   Norwegian, Danish
Means "dawn" in Old Norse.

GUDBRAND   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Guðbrandr meaning "god's sword", derived from the elements guð "god" and brandr "sword".

GUDMUND   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Guðmundr which was derived from the elements guð "god" and mundr "protection".

GUDRUN   f   Norse Mythology, Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Guðrún meaning "god's secret lore", derived from the elements guð "god" and rún "secret lore"... [more]

GULBRAND   m   Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Gulbrandr, a variant of Guðbrandr (see GUDBRAND).

GULL   f   Scandinavian
Short form of various Scandinavian names beginning with the Old Norse element guð meaning "god".

GUNDA   f   German, Scandinavian
Short form of names containing the Germanic element gund which means "war".

GUNHILD   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Gunnhildr, derived from the elements gunnr "war" and hildr "battle".

GUNHILDA   f   Scandinavian
Variant of GUNHILD

GUNNAR   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Gunnarr which was derived from the elements gunnr "war" and arr "warrior"... [more]

GUNNE   m   Scandinavian
Short form of GUNNAR

GUNNHILD   f   Norwegian
Variant of GUNHILD

GUNNVOR   f   Norwegian
Variant of GUNVOR

GUNVOR   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Gunnvor meaning "cautious in war" from gunnr "war" combined with vor "vigilant, cautious".

GUSTAV   m   Scandinavian, German
Means "staff of the Goths", derived from the Old Norse elements Gautr "Goth" and stafr "staff"... [more]

HAAKON   m   Norwegian
Variant of HÅKON

HÅKON   m   Norwegian
Modern Norwegian form of the Old Norse name Hákon, which meant "high son" from há "high" and konr "son"... [more]

HALDOR   m   Danish, Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Hallþórr, which meant "Thor's rock" from hallr "rock" combined with the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR).

HALLDOR   m   Danish, Norwegian
Variant of HALDOR

HALLE (1)   m   Norwegian
Short form of names beginning with the Old Norse element hallr meaning "rock".

HALLVARD   m   Norwegian
Variant of HALVARD

HALSTEIN   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Hallsteinn, derived from the elements hallr "rock" and steinn "stone".

HALVARD   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Hallvarðr, which meant "rock guardian" from hallr "rock" combined with varðr "guardian, defender".

HALVDAN   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Hálfdan, composed of the elements hálfr "half" and Danr "Dane", originally a nickname for a person who was half Danish.

HALVOR   m   Norwegian, Danish
Variant of HALVARD

HANNA (1)   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Dutch, Icelandic
Cognate of HANNAH

HANNA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch
Short form of JOHANNA

HANNE (1)   f   Danish, Norwegian, German
Danish and Norwegian short form of JOHANNE, or a German short form of JOHANNA.

HANNE (2)   f   German, Scandinavian
Variant of HANNA (1)

HANS   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian
German, Dutch and Scandinavian short form of JOHANNES... [more]

HARALD   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German cognate of HAROLD... [more]

HÅVARD   m   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Hávarðr, which meant "high guardian" from há "high" and varðr "guardian, defender".

HEDDA   f   Norwegian, Swedish
Pet form of HEDVIG... [more]

HEDVIG   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian cognate of HEDWIG

HEGE   f   Norwegian, Danish
Pet form of HELGA

HEIDI   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, English
German pet form of ADELHEID... [more]

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English
Latinate form of HELEN

HELENE   f   German, Scandinavian, Greek Mythology
Ancient Greek form of HELEN, as well as the modern German and Scandinavian form.

HELGA   f   Scandinavian, German
Feminine form of HELGE

HELGE   m   Scandinavian, German
Derived from Old Norse heilagr meaning "holy, blessed".

HELLA   f   Scandinavian, German
Variant of HELGA

HEMMING   m   Scandinavian
Perhaps derived from Old Norse hamr "shape", originally a nickname for a person believed to be a shape changer.

HENNING   m   German, Danish, Norwegian
Pet form of HENRIK

HENRIETTE   f   French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
French feminine pet form of HENRY

HENRIK   m   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene
Scandinavian, Low German, Hungarian and Slovene form of HENRY

HENRIKE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of HENRY

HILDA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Originally a short form of names containing the Germanic element hild "battle".

HILDEGARD   f   German, Scandinavian
Derived from the Germanic elements hild "battle" and gard "enclosure"... [more]

HILDEGARDE   f   German, Scandinavian
Variant of HILDEGARD

HJALMAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Hjálmarr meaning "helmeted warrior" from the element hjalmr "helmet" combined with arr "warrior".

HJØRDIS   f   Danish, Norwegian
Modern form of HJÖRDÍS

HOLGER   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Hólmgeirr, derived from the elements hólmr "island" and geirr "spear"... [more]

HULDA (1)   f   Scandinavian, German
Derived from archaic Swedish huld meaning "sweet, lovable".

IDA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"... [more]

INGA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian
Strictly feminine form of INGE

INGE   m & f   Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Norse god ING... [more]

INGEBJØRG   f   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish variant of INGEBORG

INGEBORG   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingibjörg, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with björg meaning "protection, help".

INGEGERD   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingigerðr, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with garðr meaning "enclosure".

INGEMAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingimárr, derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with mærr "famous".

INGMAR   m   Scandinavian
Short form of INGEMAR... [more]

INGOLF   m   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingólfr, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with úlfr meaning "wolf".

INGRID   f   Scandinavian, German
From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful"... [more]

INGVAR   m   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ingvarr, which was derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with arr meaning "warrior".

INGVILD   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Ingvildr, derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with vald "might, power".

IRENE   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ειρηνη (Eirene) which meant "peace"... [more]

IVAR   m   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of IVOR

JACOB   m   English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Biblical
From the Latin Jacobus, which was from the Greek Ιακωβος (Iakobos), which was from the Hebrew name יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov)... [more]

JACOBINE   f   Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Norwegian, Danish and Dutch feminine form of JACOB

JAKOB   m   German, Scandinavian, Slovene
German, Scandinavian and Slovene form of JACOB

JAN (1)   m   Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, German
Form of JOHANNES... [more]

JANNE (2)   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian pet form of JOHANNA

JANNICKE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine pet form of JAN (1)

JANNIKE   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine pet form of JAN (1)

JARL   m   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Means "nobleman, earl" in Old Norse... [more]

JENS   m   Scandinavian
Danish form of JOHN

JOAKIM   m   Scandinavian, Finnish
Scandinavian form of JOACHIM

JOHAN   m   Scandinavian, German, Czech
Scandinavian, Low German and Czech form of Johannes (see JOHN).

JOHANNA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian
Latinate feminine form of Johannes (see JOHN).

JOHANNE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian feminine variant of Johannes (see JOHN).

JOHANNES   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Late Roman
Ancient Latin form of Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JON (1)   m   Scandinavian, Basque
Scandinavian and Basque form of JOHN

JONAS (2)   m   Biblical (Variant), Scandinavian, German
Greek form of JONAH

JONATAN   m   Scandinavian, German
Scandinavian and German variant of JONATHAN

JONATHAN   m   English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
From the Hebrew name יְהוֹנָתָן (Yehonatan) (contracted to יוֹנָתָן (Yonatan)) meaning "YAHWEH has given"... [more]

JONETTE   f   Norwegian, English
Feminine pet form of JOHN

JØRGEN   m   Danish, Norwegian
Danish form of GEORGE

JORUN   f   Norwegian
Variant of JORUNN

JORUNN   f   Norwegian
From the Old Norse name Jórunnr, derived from the elements jór "stallion" and unna "to love".

JOSEF   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech
German, Scandinavian and Czech form of JOSEPH

JUDIT   f   Hungarian, Spanish, Scandinavian
Hungarian, Spanish and Scandinavian form of JUDITH

JULIA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Spanish, Polish, Finnish, Ancient Roman, Biblical
Latinate feminine form of JULIUS... [more]

KAI (1)   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Frisian, Dutch, German
Possibly a pet form of either GAIUS or GERHARD.

KAIA   f   Norwegian
Variant of KAJA (1)

KAJ (1)   m   Scandinavian
Variant of KAI (1)

KAJA (1)   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian pet form of KATARINA... [more]

KAREN (1)   f   Danish, Norwegian, German, English
Danish form of KATHERINE

KARI (1)   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of KATHERINE

KARITA   f   Norwegian
Norwegian form of CHARITY

KARL   m   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of CHARLES... [more]

KARLA   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian feminine form of CHARLES

KAROLINA   f   Polish, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovene, German
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KAROLINE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KASPER   m   Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian
Polish, Dutch and Scandinavian cognate of JASPER

KATRINE   f   Scandinavian, Dutch
Scandinavian and Dutch contracted form of KATHERINE