Inga

 

Of South American origin

Inga f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – small neotropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, many used as ornamentals.

• (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

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

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

 

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

Inga f

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

• (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; Ditrysia - division; Tineina - section; Tineina - subsection; Gelechioidea - superfamily; Oecophoridae - family; Oecophorinae - subfamily

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

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

From Meitei language.

Inga

1. The third month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋɡə/

Inga

1. A female given name from Old Norse.

From Old Norse Inga.

Inga

1. a female given name

• More common in Denmark in the form Inge.

From Old Norse Inga.

Inga

1. a female given name

• Inge, Ingel, Ingrid

From Old Norse Inga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋːka/

Inga f

1. a female given name

Matronymics [1]

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

IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.ɡa/

Inga f

1. a female given name

 

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Inga

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Inga

1. a female given name, variant of Inge

From Old Norse Inga.

Inga f

1. a female given name

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

Inga m or f by sense

1. a surname

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024

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

Inga f

1. a female given name

• Ingrīda
• Inguna

• 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.

Inga f

1. a female given name

 

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

Inga

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Inga

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

Inga

1. a female given name

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.ɡɑ/, [ˈiŋ.ɡɑ]

Inga m

1. a male given name

• Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England – Inga

Inga

1. a female given name

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

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

Inga f (genitive Ingu)

1. a female given name

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈiŋɡa/

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

1. a diminutive of the female given name Ingrida

• “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, 2024

 

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

Inga

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

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Inga c (genitive Ingas)

1. a female given name

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

• 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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