Ingo
Ingo is a male name .
Origin and meaning
It is derived from Ingwio , the name of the tribal god of the Germanic Ingväonen people .
Ingo is the short form of name as Ingolf , the name of Ingwios companion (a Comp. With ahd. Wolf for "Wolf", today geleg. As Ingo Wolf to find), Ingo Bald (with ahd. Baldo for "brave" “Kühn”), Ingomar (with ahd. Mar for “announce” or “famous”) and Ingobert (like Ingbert Komp. With ahd. Advised for “brilliant”).
For Catholics, the namesake is Sankt Ingbert , whose death day is October 22nd, 650.
The writer Gustav Freytag made a great contribution to the name recognition with the opening novel “ Ingo and Ingraban ” of his novel series The Ahnen (1872–1880) .
Name bearer
- Ingo Ahrens (* 1971), German handball player
- Ingo Albrecht (* 1959), German voice actor and actor
- Ingo Anderbrügge (* 1964), German footballer
- Ingo Appelt (* 1961), Austrian bobsleigh driver and Olympic champion
- Ingo Appelt (* 1967), German cabaret artist and comedian
- Ingo Dubinski (* 1963), German television presenter
- Ingo Euler (* 1971), German rower
- Ingo Hanselmann , German soccer player
- Ingo Hasselbach (* 1967), German former neo-Nazi and author
- Ingo Holland (* 1958), German chef
- Ingo Horst (* 1977), German orienteer
- Ingo Insterburg (1934-2018), German comedian
- Ingo Kantorek (1974–2019), German amateur actor
- Falk-Ingo Klee (* 1946), German writer
- Ingo Kühl (* 1953), German painter, draftsman, sculptor and architect
- Ingo Langner (* 1951), German author, filmmaker and publicist
- Ingo Lenßen (* 1961), German lawyer and actor
- Ingo Maurer (1932–2019), German designer
- Ingo Metzmacher (* 1957), German conductor
- Ingo Naujoks (* 1962), German actor
- Ingo Neuhaus (* 1969), American actor
- Ingo Nommsen (* 1971), German journalist, television presenter and event host
- Ingo Oschmann (* 1969), German comedian
- Ingo Pohlmann (* 1972), German pop musician
- Ingo Reidl (* 1961), German composer (PUR)
- Ingo Ruff (* 1964/65), German moderator and "The Voice of the Railway"
- Ingo Schmoll (* 1970), German radio and television presenter
- Ingo Schultz (* 1975), German athlete
- Ingo Schulze (* 1962), German writer
- Ingo Siegner (* 1965), German writer and illustrator
- Ingo Steuer (* 1966), German figure skater
- Ingo Stützle (* 1976), German political scientist
- Ingo Vogl (* 1970), Austrian cabaret artist
- Ingo Wellenreuther (* 1959), German politician and sports official
- Ingo Wolf (* 1955), North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of the Interior
- Ingo Zamperoni (* 1974), German television presenter and journalist
See also
- Inga , Ingeborg , Ingmar , Ingrid , Ingwar , Inka , Inken
- Ingo number (former chess rating number )
- The Boot Rock near St. Ingbert
swell
- ↑ Ekkart Sauser: INGBERT (Ingebert, Ingobert). In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 17, Bautz, Herzberg 2000, ISBN 3-88309-080-8 , Sp. 673. and the dictionary of saints, s. O.
Web link
Entry in the general first name lexicon or entries Ingobert and the following in the ecumenical saints lexicon