Inge

Gender：
Pronounced： [ ING-e (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish), ING-gə (German), ING-ə (Dutch) ]
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Usage：Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch

Meaning & History：

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 Inge：

FULL FORMS

DANISH: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg, Ingegerd, Inger, Ingrid

GERMAN: Ingeborg, Ingeburg

NORWEGIAN: Ingolf

SWEDISH: Ingemar, Ingmar, Ingolf

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Inga, Ingeburg

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Inga, Ingi, Ingibjörg, Ingigerðr, Ingimárr, Ingólfr, Ingríðr

DANISH: Inga, Inge

DUTCH: Inge

FINNISH: Inka, Inkeri