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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Inga f. A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Old Norse 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
Old Swedish
1420 Ingas (gen) SDHK no. 19436
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Inga". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Inga.