Inga

See also: inga, ingå, and Iŋgá

Translingual

Etymology 1

Inga vera (Fabaceae)

Of South American origin

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – small neotropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, many used as ornamentals.
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Etymology 2

Inga sparsiciliella (Oecophoridae)

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Proper noun

Inga f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Oecophoridae – certain of the concealer moths.
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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

Inga

  1. A female given name..

Usage notes

  • More common in Denmark in the form Inge.

Estonian

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

Inga

  1. A female given name..

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪŋːka/

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. A female given name.

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Inga: Inguson
  • daughter of Inga: Ingudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Inga
Accusative Ingu
Dative Ingu
Genitive Ingu

German

Proper noun

Inga

  1. A female given name., a variant of Inge.

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1827. From Old Norse Inga. Cognate to Danish and Swedish Inga.

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. A female given name..

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Inga was the only given name of 12 588 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga. First recorded in Norway around 1200.

Proper noun

Inga

  1. A female given name..

Old Norse

Etymology

A short from of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, ("the god Ing or Yngvi").

Proper noun

Inga f

  1. A female given name..

Descendants

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiŋɡa/

Proper noun

Inga f (genitive Ingy, nominative plural Ingy) declension pattern žena

  1. A pet form of the female given name Ingrida.

Declension

Further reading

  • Ingrida in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga. Also recorded as a modern diminutive of Ingeborg and Ingrid.

Proper noun

Inga c (genitive Ingas).

  1. A female given name..

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 33 159 females with the given name Inga living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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