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Ingo is a masculine given name in contemporary Scandinavia and Germany, and a historical name in France.[citation needed] It is a Latinized form of the given name Inge.[1] It is the male version of the name Inga, used in the same region.
It means "protected by Yngvi", who is the main god for the Ingvaeones, and is probably a different name for the Germanic god Freyr.[2]
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Persons with the name Ingo
- Ingemar Johansson (1932–2009), Swedish boxer, nicknamed "Ingo"
- Ingo Anderbrügge (born 1964), German footballer
- Ingo Appelt (born 1961), German former bobsledder
- Ingo Appelt (born 1967), German comedian
- Ingo Brigandt, Canadian philosopher
- Ingo Bodtke (born 1965), German politician
- Ingo Buding (1942–2003), German tennis player
- Ingo Freyer (born 1971), German professional basketball coach and former national team player
- Ingo Gerhartz (born 1965), German Air Force general
- Ingo Giezendanner (born 1975), Swiss artist
- Ingo Günther (born 1957), German artist
- Ingo Hoffmann (born 1953), Brazilian former race car driver
- Ingo Maurer (1932–2019), German industrial designer
- Ingo Metzmacher (born 1957), German music conductor
- Ingo Molnár, Hungarian computer programmer
- Ingo Mörth (born 1949), Austrian sociologist
- Ingo Nugel (1976–2007), German composer of video game music
- Ingo Preminger (1911–2006), American movie producer, brother of director Otto Preminger
- Ingo Rademacher (born 1971), German-born Australian actor
- Ingo Rechenberg (1934–2021), German researcher and professor currently in the field of bionics
- Ingo Renner (1940–2022), Australian glider pilot, four-time world champion
- Ingo Schmitt (fl. 1995–present), German politician
- Ingo Schulze (born 1962), German author
- Ingo Schwichtenberg (1965–1995), German rock drummer
- Ingo Simon (1875–1964), British singer and archer
- Ingo Steinhöfel (born 1967), German former weightlifter
- Ingo Steuer (born 1966), German figure skater and coach
- Ingo Swann (1933–2013), American psychic
- Ingo Titze, American vocal scientist
- Ingo Wegener (1950–2008), German computer scientist
- Ingo Wellenreuther (born 1959), German politician
- Ingo Zamperoni (born 1974), German news presenter
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Fictional characters
Literature
- Ingo (novel), a 2005 children's novel by Helen Dunmore
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