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Inga

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See also: inga, ingå, and Iŋgá

Translingual

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Etymology 1

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Inga vera (Fabaceae)

Of South American origin

Proper noun

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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

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Inga sparsiciliella (Oecophoridae)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Inga f

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

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Etymology 1

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From Meitei language.

Proper noun

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Inga

  1. The third month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.

Etymology 2

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From Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Inga etc., all from Old Norse Inga.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Inga

  1. A female given name from Old Norse.

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

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Inga

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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  • More common in Denmark in the form Inge.

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

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Inga

  1. a female given name
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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Inga.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Inga f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics [1]

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

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Inga
accusative Ingu
dative Ingu
genitive Ingu

French

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ɡa/

Proper noun

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Inga f

  1. a female given name

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

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Inga

  1. a female given name, variant of Inge

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

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Inga f (proper noun, genitive singular Ingu)

  1. a female given name

Declension

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Italian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Inga m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Further reading

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Latvian

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Inga f

  1. a female given name
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References

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

Lithuanian

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Proper noun

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Inga f

  1. a female given name

Norwegian

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Inga

  1. a female given name
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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈin.ɡɑ/, [ˈiŋ.ɡɑ]

Proper noun

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Inga m

  1. a male given name
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Old High German

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Proper noun

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Inga

  1. a female given name

References

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  1. Forstemann, Ernst Wilhelm. Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1, 783.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Inga f (genitive Ingu)

  1. a female given name

Descendants

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  • Danish: Inga, Inge
  • Faroese: Inga
  • Icelandic: Inga
  • Norwegian: Inga
  • Swedish: Inga

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Ingrida

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Further reading

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  • Ingrida”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Inga c (genitive Ingas)

  1. a female given name
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References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [3] 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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