Name: Inga
Gender: Female
Usage: Inga, of norse origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Inga are in general originating from Austria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Inga across the world, see Ingeborg.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Inga is: God of peace and prosperity, Beautiful daughter.
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Numerology of the first name Inga: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 22. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: visionary, successful, leader, innovative, genius.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Successful, Visionary
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Inga is ranked on the 3,332nd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 104000 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Inga has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Inga for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Inga is a feminine given name of German and Scandinavian origin, meaning "protected by Yngwie" (the Germanic god of fertility, etc.).
The male counterpart of this name is Ingvar or Ingo, Ingolph.
Inga - "in the name of the god of abundance" (German).
It is also believed that this is the supposed name of the goddess Freya, since the name Freya itself does not mean a name, but a title and is translated as Mistress.
Swedish: short form of the various female names of Old Norse origin containing as their first element the name of the fertility god Ing, as, for example, Ingeborg, Ingegerd, and Ingrid. It is now widely used as an independent given name.
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