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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Inga f. A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Old Icelandic ing(i), of uncertain origin but perhaps identical with the god name Ing or Yngvi, also of uncertain origin.

Sweden
Latin
1350 Ingø (dat) SDHK no. 6023
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Inga". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2016/2/name/Inga.