Inga (given name)

The feminine given name Inga is a variant of the German and Scandinavian name Inge. It derives from the Germanic deity Ing.^[1] Notable people with the name include:

Inga of Varteig (c. 1185 – 1234), mistress of King Haakon III of Norway and the mother of King Haakon IV
Inga Abel (1946–2000), German actress
Inga Åberg (1773–1837), Swedish actress and singer
Inga Abitova (born 1982) Russian long-distance runner
Inga Afonina (born 1969), Russian diver
Inga Alsiņa (born 1979), Latvian actress
Inga Arshakyan (born 1982), Armenian singer
Inga Artamonova (1936–1966), Russian speed skater
Inga Arvad (1913–1973), Danish journalist
Inga Balstad (born 1952), Norwegian politician
Inga Beale (born 1963), English businesswoman
Inga Borg (1925–2017), Swedish artist and children's book author
Inga Bostad (born 1963), Norwegian philosopher, writer and educator
Inga Cadranel (born 1978), Canadian actress
Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016), Australian author, historian and anthropologist
Inga-Stina Ewbank (1932-2004), Swedish-born academic and educator
Inga-Britt Fredholm (1934–2016) Swedish secretary, archivist and author
Inga Hedberg (1927–2024), Swedish botanist and academic
Inga Houge (1856–1926), Norwegian actress
Inga Humpe (born 1956), German singer
Inga Janulevičiūtė (born 1985), Lithuanian figure skater
Inga Juuso (1945 – 2014), Sami singer and actress
Inga Kennedy (born 1962), Scottish nurse and senior Royal Navy officer
Inga Rhonda King (born 1960), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines accountant, teacher and publisher
Inga Landgré (1927–2023), Swedish actress
Inga Likšaitė (born 1972), Lithuanian artist
Inga Lindström (Christiane Sadlo; born 1954), German screenwriter and journalist
Inga Lísa Middleton (born 1964), Icelandic photographer
Inga Marchand (born 1978), American rapper known by her stage name Foxy Brown
Inga Moore (born 1945), Anglo-Australian author and illustrator
Inga Muscio (born 1966), American feminist author
Inga Nielsen (1946–2008) Danish soprano
Inga Rumpf, vocalist of German band Frumpy
Inga Salurand (born 1983), Estonian actress
Inga Sempé (born 1968), French designer
Inga-Lill Sjöblom (born 1959), Swedish politician
Inga Swenson (1932–2023), American actress
Inga Thorsson (1915–1994), Swedish politician and diplomat
Inga Tidblad (1901–1975), Swedish actress
Inga Thompson (born 1964), American Olympic cyclist
Inga Willis, American politician

References

^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Hardcastle, Kate (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-157854-0.

[1] Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia; Hardcastle, Kate (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-157854-0.

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