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.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Fabaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Mimosoideae – subfamily; Ingeae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Fabaceae): Inga vera – type species; Inga cinerea, Inga salutaris, Inga saman; for other species see Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Inga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Inga at USDA Plants database

Etymology 2

Inga sparsiciliella (Oecophoridae)

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

Proper noun

Inga f

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

Hypernyms

• (genus in Oecophoridae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Gelechioidea – superfamily; Oecophoridae – family; Oecophorinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus in Oecophoridae): See Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Inga (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology 1

From Meitei language.

Proper noun

Inga

1. The third month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋɡə/

Proper noun

Inga

1. A female given name from Old Norse.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

Inga

1. a female given name from Old Norse

Usage notes

• More common in Denmark in the form Inge.

Estonian

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

Inga

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Inge, Ingel, Ingrid

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋːka/

Proper noun

Inga f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics [1]

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

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Inga
accusative	Ingu
dative	Ingu
genitive	Ingu

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.ɡa/

Proper noun

Inga f

1. a female given name

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Inga

1. a female given name, variant of Inge

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

Proper noun

Inga f (proper noun, genitive singular Ingu)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Inga (sg-only feminine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Inga
accusative	Ingu
dative	Ingu
genitive	Ingu

Italian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Inga m or f by sense

1. a surname

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

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

Related terms

• Ingrīda
• Inguna

References

• 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

Proper noun

Inga f

1. a female given name

Norwegian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Inga

1. a female given name

Related terms

• female given names: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg, Inger, Ingjerd, Ingrid, Ingunn, Ingvild
• male given names: Inge and its variants

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.ɡɑ/, [ˈiŋ.ɡɑ]

Proper noun

Inga m

1. a male given name

External links

• Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England – Inga

Old High German

Proper noun

Inga f

1. a female given name

References

• Ernst Förstemann (1856) Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1‎^[3], Naudhausen: Verlag Ferd. Förstemann, column 783

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Inga f (genitive Ingu)

1. a female given name

Descendants

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiŋɡa/

Proper noun

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

1. a diminutive of the female given name Ingrida

Declension

Declension of Inga

	singular	plural
nominative	Inga	Ingy
genitive	Ingy	Íng
dative	Inge	Ingám
accusative	Ingu	Ingy
locative	Inge	Ingách
instrumental	Ingou	Ingami

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2025

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Inga c (genitive Ingas)

1. a female given name

Related terms

• female given names: Ing, Ingalill, Ingeborg, Ingegerd, Ingegärd, Ingela, Inger, Ingrid, Ingvor
• male given names: Inge and its variants

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [4] 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.

Anagrams

• niga