# Inga
## Translingual
### Etymology 1

Of South American origin

#### Proper noun

Inga f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – small neotropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, many used as ornamentals.

##### Hypernyms

* (genus in Fabaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Mimosoideae – subfamily; Ingeae – tribe

##### Hyponyms

* (genus in Fabaceae): Inga vera – type species; Inga cinerea, Inga salutaris, Inga saman; for other species see Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

#### References

* Inga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Inga at USDA Plants database

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

Inga f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Oecophoridae – certain of the concealer moths.

##### Hypernyms

* (genus in Oecophoridae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Gelechioidea – superfamily; Oecophoridae – family; Oecophorinae – subfamily

##### Hyponyms

* (genus in Oecophoridae): See Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

#### References

* Inga (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Etymology 1

From Meitei language.

#### Proper noun

Inga
* The third month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.

### Etymology 2

From Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Inga etc., all from Old Norse Inga.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪŋɡə/

#### Proper noun

Inga
* A female given name from Old Norse.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

### Proper noun

Inga
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

* More common in Denmark in the form Inge.

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

### Proper noun

Inga
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Inge, Ingel, Ingrid

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪŋːka/

### Proper noun

Inga f
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Inga: Inguson
* daughter of Inga: Ingudóttir

#### Declension
## French
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɛ̃.ɡa/

### Proper noun

Inga f
* a female given name

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Inga
* a female given name, variant of Inge

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse Inga.

### Proper noun

Inga f (proper noun, genitive singular Ingu)
* a female given name

#### Declension
## Italian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Inga m or f by sense
* a surname

### Further reading

* Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

## Latvian
### Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1827. From Old Norse Inga. Cognate to Danish and Swedish Inga.

### Proper noun

Inga f
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Ingrīda
* Inguna

### References

* Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
* Population Register of Latvia: Inga was the only given name of 12 588 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

## Lithuanian
### Proper noun

Inga f
* a female given name

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From Old Norse Inga. First recorded in Norway around 1200.

### Proper noun

Inga
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* female given names: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg, Inger, Ingjerd, Ingrid, Ingunn, Ingvild
* male given names: Inge and its variants

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈin.ɡɑ/, [ˈiŋ.ɡɑ]

### Proper noun

Inga m
* a male given name

### External links

* Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England – Inga

## Old High German
### Proper noun

Inga f
* a female given name

#### References

* Ernst Förstemann (1856) Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1‎, Naudhausen: Verlag Ferd. Förstemann, column 783

## Old Norse
### Etymology

A short form of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, ("the god Ing or Yngvi").

### Proper noun

Inga f (genitive Ingu)
* a female given name

#### Descendants

* Danish: Inga, Inge
* Faroese: Inga
* Icelandic: Inga
* Norwegian: Inga
* Swedish: Inga

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiŋɡa/

### Proper noun

Inga f (genitive singular Ingy, nominative plural Ingy, declension pattern of žena)
* a diminutive of the female given name Ingrida

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Ingrida”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse Inga. Also recorded as a modern diminutive of Ingeborg and Ingrid.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Inga c (genitive Ingas)
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* female given names: Ing, Ingalill, Ingeborg, Ingegerd, Ingegärd, Ingela, Inger, Ingrid, Ingvor
* male given names: Inge and its variants

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN 33 159 females with the given name Inga living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

### Anagrams

* niga