Inga


Gender:
Origin: Norse
172 famous people named Inga found on Wikipedia.
4015 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 5829-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 368-th in year 1889
Used in: Ancient-Germanic, Ancient-Scandinavian, Danish, German, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish

Meanings

The name Ingvar is an Old Norse first name for men common in Scandinavia meaning "protected by Yngvi".
Many notable Scandinavians have had this name, for example, the founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, the former Swedish Prime Minister, Ingvar Carlsson, and the legendary Swedish king, Ingvar. The feminine version of the name is Inga.
The first element of the name is derived from Proto-Norse *Ing(w)ia (Ingi-), Norse Yngvi, who is better known by the title Freyr "Lord". The second element is probably either *harjaz (warrior) or *warjaz (defender). The name consequently either meant Freyr's warrior or Freyr's defender.
Igor (Russian Igor', Ukrainian Ihor, Belarusian Ihar) is a given name probably derived from the Scandinavian name Ingvar that was brought to ancient Kievan Rus' by the Vikings. Igor, son of Rurik, conquered Kiev.
Old English sources suggest that the birth-name of Ivar the Boneless might have been Ingvar, he is referred to as Hyngvar, Hingvar and Inguar in the English annals.


Fem. proper name, usually a shortening of Ingrid (q.v.).


Guarded by Ing (Ing was the Norse god of peace and fertility).

Famous People: 172 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Inga Arvad 1913 Danish newspaper reporter and gossip columnist
2 Inga Humpe 1956 German singer and composer
3 Inga Swenson 1932 American actress
4 Inga Beale 1963 English businessperson
5 Inga Cadranel 1978 Canadian actress
6 Inga Rumpf 1946 German singer and composer
7 Inga Busch 1968 German actress
8 Inga Clendinnen 1934 Australian historian
9 Inga Lunge
10 Inga Sulin 1945 Finnish actor and singer
11 Inga Mylläri 1927
12 Inga Landgré 1927 Actress
13 Inga of Varteig 1185 Mother of King Haakon IV of Norway
14 Inga Muscio 1966 American writer
15 Inga Borg 1925 Swedish artist
16 Inga Ålenius 1938 Swedish actress
17 Inga Nielsen 1946 Danish opera soprano
18 Inga Iwasiów 1963 Polish poet and literary critic
19 Inga Lessmann 1989 German actress
20 Inga Birkenfeld 1978 German actress
21 Inga Gill 1925 Actress
22 Inga Skaya 1986 Canadian model
23 Inga Artamonova 1936 Soviet speed skater
24 Inga Sarri 1934 Swedish actress
25 Inga Tidblad 1901 Swedish actress
26 Inga Abel 1946 German actress
27 Inga Saffron 1957 American journalist
28 Inga Salurand
29 Inga Marte Thorkildsen 1976 Norwegian politician
30 Inga Abitova 1982 Russian long-distance runner
31 Inga Peulich 1956 Politician
32 Inga Scharf 1981
33 Inga Thompson 1964 American racing cyclist
34 Inga Juuso 1945 Norwegian-Sami musician
35 Inga Jankauskaitė 1981 Lithuanian actor-singer
36 Inga Linna 1995
37 Inga S. Bernstein 1961 Massachusetts attorney
38 Inga Liljeström Australian Female singer
39 Inga Bejer Engh 1970 Norwegian lawyer
40 Inga Orekhova 1989 Ukrainian basketball player
41 Inga Sempé 1968 French designer
42 Inga Stephens Pratt Clark 1906 American artist and book illustrator
43 Inga Neverauskaitė 1980 Lithuanian bodybuilder
44 Inga Janulevičiūtė 1995 Lithuanian figure skater
45 Inga Brooksby 1988 British actress
46 Inga Thorsson 1915 Swedish politician
47 Inga Gentzel 1908 Athletics competitor
48 Inga Steinmetz 1983
49 Inga Åberg 1773 Actress, opera singer
50 Inga Lühning 1974 German singer
51 Inga Schneider 1956 German biathlete
52 Inga Kashakashvili 1974 Georgian musician
53 Inga Stasiulionytė 1981 Athletics competitor
54 Inga Strelkova-Oboldina 1968 Russian actress
55 Inga Vanaga 1980 Latvian politician
56 Inga Afonina 1969 Russian diver
57 Inga Likšaitė 1972 Lithuanian artist
58 Inga Korshunova Figure skater
59 Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas 1989
60 Inga Habiba 1973
61 Inga Hilsberg 1972 German conductor
62 Inga Wolfram 1953 German author
63 Inga Rodionova 1980 Pair skater
64 Inga Gauter 1970 German figure skater
65 Inga Kalna 2000 Latvian opera singer
66 Inga Žolude 1984 Latvian writer
67 Inga Markovits 1937 American lawyer
68 Inga Raab 1979
69 Inga Brink 1913 Swedish actress
70 Leonardo Inga 1956 Peruvian politician
71 Inga Björk-Klevby 1944 Swedish diplomat
72 Inga Hosp 1943 German opinion journalist
73 Inga Möller 1973 Olympic field hockey player
74 Inga Varg 1952 Swedish architect
75 Inga Rexed 1947 Swedish journalist
76 Inga Finau 1994
77 Inga Verhaert 1969 Belgian politician
78 Inga Juodeškienė 1971 Olympic long-distance runner
79 Inga Sundström 1919
80 Inga Edwards 1937
81 Inga Bite 1981 Latvian politician
82 Inga Stöckel 1988
83 Inga Helfrich 1966 German director
84 Inga Bērziņa 1963
85 Inga Balstad 1952 Norwegian politician
86 Inga Ellis 1899 Swedish actress
87 Inga Bostad 1963 Norwegian philosopher
88 Inga Fischer-Hjalmars 1918 Swedish physicist, chemist, humanist, and a pioneer in quantum chemistry
89 Inga Čilvinaitė 1986 Cyclist
90 Inga Ridere 1977 Latvian pornographic film actress
91 Inga Marie Nilsson 1923
92 Inga Berentz 1878 Norwegian actor and singer
93 Inga Bjørnson 1871
94 Inga Lovise Tusvik 1914 Norwegian politician
95 Inga Dauškāne 1980 Cross-country skier
96 Inga Lindskog 1897
97 Inga Kožarenoka 1982 Latvian javelin thrower
98 Inga Kvasņika 1978 Latvian basketball player
99 Inga Braune 1981 German painter
100 Inga Karalienė 2000
101 Inga Kvalbukt 1949 Norwegian politician
102 Inga Eriksson Fogh 1950
103 Inga Sætre 1978 Norwegian illustrator and cartoonist
104 Inga Berit Svestad 1985 Norwegian handball player
105 Inga Floto 1937
106 Inga Ābele 1972 Latvian writer
107 Inga Magistad 1950 Norwegian diplomat
108 Inga Hodell 1905 Swedish actress
109 Inga Bagge 1916 Swedish artist
110 Inga Nõlvak
111 Inga Englund-Kihlman 1905 Swedish artist
112 Inga Kozhokhina 1987
113 Inga Schultz 1907 Danish actress
114 Inga Berg 1912 Swedish painter
115 Inga Hägg 1939 Swedish archaeologist
116 Inga Gaile 1976
117 Inga Jacobi 1891 Norwegian ballet dancer (1891-1937)
118 Inga Pūliņa 1979 Latvian volleyball player
119 Inga Paskovska 1992 Latvian biathlete
120 Inga Lill Johansson 1959 Swedish singer
121 Inga Liepa 1978
122 Inga Bremer 1980
123 Inga Kołodziej Gołaszewska 1979 Polish sportsperson
124 Inga Brand 1929
125 Inga Broberg 1939 Swedish athletics competitor
126 Inga Bucht 1924 Swedish actress
127 Inga Hellman-Lindahl 1920
128 Inga Ravna Eira 1948 Norwegian Sami writer
129 Inga Anne Vasaasen 1996 Norwegian speed skater
130 Inga Ehrström 1909 Swedish writer
131 Inga Lill Högberg 1936 Swedish translator, writer and journalist
132 Inga Lena Larsson 1907 Swedish writer
133 Ingrid Inga 1949 Swedish politician
134 Inga Kizeliauskaitė 1988
135 Inga Ottilia Kvifte 1908
136 Inga Norbeck 1796 Swedish actor and painter
137 Inga Birch Jensen 1941 Danish handball player
138 Inga Söderbaum Swedish gymnast
139 Inga Lindsjö 1922
140 Inga Sheroziya Russian karateka
141 Inga Berggren 1941 Swedish politician
142 Inga Söderlind Swedish athletics competitor
143 Inga Tavdishvili Grorgian rhythmic gymnast
144 Inga Kaukola 1916 Finnish poet
145 Inga Perder 1930 Swedish writer
146 Inga Breder 1855 Norwegian photographer
147 Inga Nitz 1979
148 Inga Arpalahti 1912 Finnish poet
149 Inga Bolstad 1966
150 Inga Anna Olive Karlsen 1934
151 Inga Rós Gunnarsdóttir 1985
152 Inga Nyman 1910
153 Inga Gilaoeri 1967 Speed skater
154 Inga Meldere 1979 Latvian painter
155 Inga Hagström 1935 Swedish politician
156 Inga Kamp
157 Inga Alsiņa 1979 Latvian actor
158 Inga Tegen 1916
159 Inga Dudchenko 1988 Kazakh rower
160 Inga Magnusson 1917
161 Inga Olofsson 1928 Swedish artist
162 Inga Manndal 1954 Norwegian politician
163 Inga E. Næss 1940
164 Pavol Inga
165 Inga Lunde 1842
166 Inga Guttorm
167 Inga Dalsegg 1974 Norwegian painter
168 Inga Sparboe 1879
169 Inga Buczynska 1990
170 Inga Palmgren 1914
171 Inga Khurtsilava 1975 Chess player
172 Inga Salwén 1875