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
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).
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |