The feminine given name Inga is a variant of the German and Scandinavian name ''

Inge Inge is a given name in various Germanic language-speaking cultures. In Swedish and Norwegian, it is mostly used as a masculine, but less often also as a feminine name, sometimes as a short form of Ingeborg, while in Danish, Estonian, Frisian, G ...

''. It derives from the Germanic deity ''

Ing Ing, ING or ing may refer to: Art and media * '' ...ing'', a 2003 Korean film * i.n.g, a Taiwanese girl group * The Ing, a race of dark creatures in the 2004 video game '' Metroid Prime 2: Echoes'' * "Ing", the first song on The Roches' 199 ...

''. Notable people with the name include: *

Inga of Varteig Inga Olafsdatter of Varteig (''Inga Olafsdatter fra Varteig'') (Varteig, Østfold, 1183 or 1185 – 1234 or 1235) was the mistress of King Haakon III of Norway and the mother of King Haakon IV of Norway. Biography Inga, from Varteig in Østf ...

(c. 1185 – 1234), mistress of King Haakon III of Norway and the mother of King Haakon IV *

Inga Abel Inga Abel (7 July 1946 – 27 May 2000) was a German actress. She studied ballet and figure skating from the time she was eight. From the ages of 17 to 19 she was the second soloist in the Vienna Ice Revue. After that, she took acting lessons in ...

(1946–2000), German actress *

Inga Åberg Inga Åberg (Ingeborg Elisabeth; 1773–1837) was a Swedish actress and opera singer. She was engaged as an opera singer at the Royal Swedish Opera, and as a stage actress at the Royal Dramatic Theater, between 1787 and 1810. Life Early life ...

(1773–1837), Swedish actress and singer *

Inga Abitova Inga Eduardovna Abitova (russian: Инга Эдуардовна Абитова, born 6 March 1982 in Novokuybyshevsk) is a Russian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon. She was the 2006 European Champion in ...

(born 1982) Russian long-distance runner *

Inga Afonina Inga Nikolayevna Afonina (born 26 August 1969) is a retired diver from Russia, who is best known for winning the silver medal at the 1991 European Championships in the women's 10 m platform, behind Yelena Miroshina. She represented the U ...

(born 1969), Russian diver *

Inga Alsiņa Inga Alsiņa (born 18 September 1979) is a Latvian actress. She was born and raised in Cēsis and studied in the Cēsis Secondary school No.1 from 1985 until 1996. She also attended Valmiera Art college from 1993 until 1995. In 1998 she starte ...

(born 1979), Latvian actress *

Inga Arshakyan Inga and Anush Arshakyan ( hy, Ինգա և Անուշ Արշակյաններ) or the Arshakyan Sisters ( hy, Արշակյան քույրեր) are an Armenian folk singing duo. The sisters represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, ...

(born 1982), Armenian singer *

Inga Artamonova Inga Grigoryevna Artamonova (russian: И́нга Григо́рьевна Артамо́нова; 29 August 1936 – 4 January 1966Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 2) was a Soviet ...

(1936–1966), Russian speed skater *

Inga Arvad Inga Marie Arvad Petersen (6 October 1913 – 12 December 1973) was a Danish-American journalist who was a guest of Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Summer Olympics and also had a romantic relationship with John F. Kennedy in 1941 and 1942. The juxta ...

(1913–1973), Danish journalist *

Inga Balstad Inga Johanne Balstad (born 25 January 1952 in Selbu) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as a deputy representative in the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag county during the terms 1993–1997 and 1997–200 ...

(born 1952), Norwegian politician *

Inga Beale Dame Inga Kristine Beale, DBE (born 15 May 1963) is a British businesswoman and the former CEO of Lloyd's of London. In June 2018, it was announced that she would be stepping down as CEO of Lloyd's after leading the global insurance and reinsuranc ...

(born 1963), English businesswoman *

Inga Borg Inga Maria Borg (25 August 1925 – 24 October 2017) was a Swedish artist and children's book author. She is best known for writing about the fantasy figure Plupp. She was awarded the Elsa Beskow Award for her books about Plupp in 1970. Inga Bo ...

(1925–2017), Swedish artist and children's book author *

Inga Bostad Inga Bostad (born 22 August 1963) is a Norwegian philosopher, writer and educator. She served as prorector of the University of Oslo from 2009 to 2013 and as director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights from 2014 to 2017. Biography Bostad r ...

(born 1963), Norwegian philosopher, writer and educator *

Inga Cadranel Inga Cadranel (born April 30, 1978) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Brooke Fairburn on '' The Eleventh Hour'', Liz Santerra on '' Jeff Ltd.'', Francesca on ''Rent-a-Goalie'', Aife on ''Lost Gi ...

(born 1978), Canadian actress *

Inga Clendinnen Inga Clendinnen, (; 17 August 1934 – 8 September 2016) was an Australian author, historian, anthropologist, and academic. Her work focused on social history, and the history of cultural encounters. She was an authority on Aztec civilisation a ...

(1934–2016), Australian author, historian and anthropologist *

Inga-Stina Ewbank Inga-Stina Ewbank SBS (13 June 1932 – 7 June 2004) was a Swedish-born academic and educator in Great Britain, Munich, Hong Kong and the United States, as well as an author and translator. She is believed to have been to date the only holder o ...

(1932-2004), Swedish-born academic and educator *

Inga-Britt Fredholm Inga-Britt Margareta Fredholm (née Pütter; 25 April 1923 – 28 March 2014) was a Swedish secretary, archivist and author. She spent more than ten years serving as Evert Taube’s literary secretary, both in Sweden and abroad. She collected an ...

(1934–2016) Swedish secretary, archivist and author *

Inga Humpe Inga Humpe (born January 13, 1956) is a German singer, songwriter and producer. She performed with Neue Deutsche Welle bands such as Neonbabies, DÖF and Humpe & Humpe. Her sister is the singer and producer Annette Humpe, with whom she performed ...

(born 1956), German singer * Inga Janulevičiūtė (born 1985), Lithuanian figure skater *

Inga Juuso Inga Juuso (5 October 1945 – 23 August 2014) was a Sami yoiker, singer and actress in the film ''The Kautokeino Rebellion''. She was known from her own band performances, and recordings and collaborations with musicians like Steinar Raknes, H� ...

(1945 – 2014), Sami singer and actress * Inga Kennedy (born 1962), Scottish nurse and senior Royal Navy officer *

Inga Rhonda King Inga Rhonda King (also known as I. Rhonda King; born 21 April 1960) is a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines accountant, teacher and publisher who has served as the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since September 2013. Early ...

(born 1960), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines accountant, teacher and publisher *

Inga Landgré Inga Linnéa Landgré (born ''Lundgren''; 6 August 1927) is a Swedish actress who has worked in theatre, television and films since the 1940s. Early life and career Inga Landgré was born in Stockholm on 6 August 1927. Her father was a struggli ...

(born 1927), Swedish actress *

Inga Lindström Christiane Sadlo (born 25 January 1954) is a German screenwriter, dramaturge, and journalist. She is best known by her pseudonym Inga Lindström. She was married to sculptor Karl Halt Trossbach until his death in 2018. The couple had a daughter.Elis ...

(Christiane Sadlo; born 1954), German screenwriter and journalist *

Inga Lísa Middleton Inga Lísa Middleton (born December 9, 1964) is an Icelandic photographer / film maker recently specialising in producing her photographs as cyanotype prints. She has also directed several films, such as the anthology Comedy drama ''Dramarama' ...

(born 1964), Icelandic photographer *

Inga Marchand Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand (born September 6, 1978), better known by her stage name Foxy Brown, is an American rapper. After signing to Def Jam in 1996, she released her debut album, ''Ill Na Na'', later that year on November 19, 1996. The albu ...

(born 1978), American rapper known by her stage name Foxy Brown *

Inga Moore Inga Moore (born 1945) is an Anglo-Australian author and illustrator of books for children. Life Born in Sussex, England, at the age of eight Moore emigrated with her family to Australia, where she went to school in Adelaide. She has said tha ...

(born 1945), Anglo-Australian author and illustrator *

Inga Muscio Inga Muscio (born c. 1966) is an American feminist, writer and public speaker. Her books include '' Cunt: A Declaration of Independence'' (1998) and '' Rose: Love in Violent Times'' (2010). Work Muscio's book, '' Cunt: A Declaration of Indepen ...

(born 1966), American feminist author *

Inga Nielsen Inga Nielsen (2 June 1946 – 10 February 2008) was a Danish soprano who had an active international opera career from 1971 to 2006. A child prodigy, Nielsen performed on American radio during the 1950s, beginning at the age of six, and also r ...

(1946–2008) Danish soprano *

Inga Rumpf Frumpy was a German progressive rock/krautrock band based in Hamburg, which was active between 1970–1972 and 1990–1995. Formed after the break-up of folk rockers , Frumpy released four albums in 1970–1973 and achieved considerab ...

, vocalist of German band Frumpy *

Inga Salurand Inga Salurand (born 1 August 1983) is an Estonian stage, film, and television actress whose career began in the mid-2000s. Early life and education Inga Salurand was born and raised in Tartu, where she attended primary and secondary schools. In ...

(born 1983), Estonian actress *

Inga Sempé Inga Sempé (born 1968) is a French designer and constructor of technical items, who designs furniture, lamps and other design objects for manufacturers like Ligne Roset, Alessi und Baccarat. She was awarded the Red Dot Design Award in 2007. ...

(born 1968), French designer *

Inga-Lill Sjöblom Inga-Lill Kristina Sjöblom (born 1959) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Uppsala County since September 2022. She had previously been a su ...

(born 1959), Swedish politician *

Inga Swenson Inga Swenson (born December 29, 1932) is an American actress and singer. She appeared in multiple Broadway productions and received two Tony nominations. She also spent seven years portraying Gretchen Kraus in the ABC comedy series '' Benson''. ...

(born 1932), American actress *

Inga Tidblad Inga Sofia Tidblad (29 May 1901 – 12 September 1975) was a Swedish actress. She was one of the most praised actresses in Swedish theatre during her lifetime. Biography Tidblad grew up in Stockholm as daughter to engineer Otto Tidblad and ...

(1901–1975), Swedish actress *

Inga Thompson Kristin Inga Thompson (born January 27, 1964) is a retired road bicycle racer. She competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympics with the best result of eighth place in 1988. She won silver medals at the world championships in 1987, 1990 and 1991, ...

(born 1964), American Olympic cyclist

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