Inga (given name)

The feminine given name Inga is a variant of the German and Scandinavian name Inge. It derives from the Germanic deity Ing.^[1] Notable people with the name include:

• Inga of Varteig (c. 1185 – 1234), mistress of King Haakon III of Norway and the mother of King Haakon IV
• Inga Abel (1946–2000), German actress
• Inga Åberg (1773–1837), Swedish actress and singer
• Inga Abitova (born 1982) Russian long-distance runner
• Inga Afonina (born 1969), Russian diver
• Inga Alsiņa (born 1979), Latvian actress
• Inga Arshakyan (born 1982), Armenian singer
• Inga Artamonova (1936–1966), Russian speed skater
• Inga Arvad (1913–1973), Danish journalist
• Inga Balstad (born 1952), Norwegian politician
• Inga Beale (born 1963), English businesswoman
• Inga Borg (1925–2017), Swedish artist and children's book author
• Inga Bostad (born 1963), Norwegian philosopher, writer and educator
• Inga Cadranel (born 1978), Canadian actress
• Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016), Australian author, historian and anthropologist
• Inga-Stina Ewbank (1932-2004), Swedish-born academic and educator
• Inga-Britt Fredholm (1934–2016) Swedish secretary, archivist and author
• Inga Hedberg (1927–2024), Swedish botanist and academic
• Inga Houge (1856–1926), Norwegian actress
• Inga Humpe (born 1956), German singer
• Inga Janulevičiūtė (born 1985), Lithuanian figure skater
• Inga Juuso (1945 – 2014), Sami singer and actress
• Inga Kennedy (born 1962), Scottish nurse and senior Royal Navy officer
• Inga Rhonda King (born 1960), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines accountant, teacher and publisher
• Inga Landgré (1927–2023), Swedish actress
• Inga Likšaitė (born 1972), Lithuanian artist
• Inga Lindström (Christiane Sadlo; born 1954), German screenwriter and journalist
• Inga Lísa Middleton (born 1964), Icelandic photographer
• Inga Marchand (born 1978), American rapper known by her stage name Foxy Brown
• Inga Moore (born 1945), Anglo-Australian author and illustrator
• Inga Muscio (born 1966), American feminist author
• Inga Nielsen (1946–2008) Danish soprano
• Inga Rumpf, vocalist of German band Frumpy
• Inga Salurand (born 1983), Estonian actress
• Inga Sempé (born 1968), French designer
• Inga-Lill Sjöblom (born 1959), Swedish politician
• Inga Swenson (1932–2023), American actress
• Inga Thorsson (1915–1994), Swedish politician and diplomat
• Inga Tidblad (1901–1975), Swedish actress
• Inga Thompson (born 1964), American Olympic cyclist
• Inga Willis, American politician

See also

• Inga (disambiguation)
• Ingvar (name)