Inga

Gender：
Pronounced： [ ING-ah (Swedish), ING-gah (German), EEN-gah (Russian) ]
Popularity：
Usage：Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian, A

Meaning & History：

Strictly feminine form of INGE.

INGE female & male Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch

Short form of Scandinavian and German names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Germanic god ING. In Sweden and Norway this is primarily a masculine name, elsewhere it is usually feminine.

ING male Germanic Mythology

From the Germanic *Ingwaz, possibly meaning "ancestor". This was the name of an obscure old Germanic fertility god who was considered the ancestor of the tribe the Ingaevones. It is possible he was an earlier incarnation of the god Freyr.

Names related to Inga：

FULL FORMS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Ingeburg

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ingibjörg, Ingigerðr, Ingríðr

DANISH: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg, Ingegerd, Inger, Ingrid

GERMAN: Ingrid

ICELANDIC: Ingibjörg

NORWEGIAN: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg, Ingegerd, Inger, Ingrid

SWEDISH: Ingeborg, Ingegärd, Ingegerd, Inger, Ingrid

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Inga

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Inga

DANISH: Inga, Inge

DUTCH: Inge

FINNISH: Inka, Inkeri

FRISIAN: Inka

GERMAN: Inga

ICELANDIC: Inga

LATVIAN: Inga

LITHUANIAN: Inga

NORWEGIAN: Inga

RUSSIAN: Inga

SWEDISH: Inga

OTHER FORMS

GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY: Ing