Inga
Inga is a female given name .
meaning
Inga refers, among other things, to the protection of the Germanic god Ingwio . However, the name is also used outside of Germanic , for example as the Finnish goddess of fertility.
Name day is July 30th , which is actually name day for Ingeborg , but was adopted due to the supposed relationship of the names.
Well-known namesake
- Inga (* 1949), German chanson and pop singer, see Inga and Wolf
- Inga (* 1972), Icelandic singer and actress, see Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir
- Inga Abel (1946–2000), German actress
- Inga Bejer Engh (* 1970), Norwegian public prosecutor
- Inga Braune (* 1981), German artist
- Inga Busch (* 1968), German actress
- Inga Humpe (* 1956), German pop musician
- Inga Juuso (1945–2014), Norwegian-Sami musician and actress
- Inga Lindström (* 1954), German author, see Christiane Sadlo
- Inga Marte Thorkildsen (* 1976), Norwegian politician
- Inga Rumpf (* 1946), German rock singer