Inge

Danish

Etymology

Short form of female given names beginning with Ing-, Inge-, Ingi- Old Norse ("the god Ing or Yngvi").

Proper noun

Inge

1. a female given name

Related terms

• female given names: Inga, Ingeborg, Inger, Ingrid
• male given names: Ingo, Ingolf, Ivar, Iver

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 43 585 females with the given name Inge have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Estonian

Proper noun

Inge

1. a female given name, short form of Ingrid and related names

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish Inge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiŋːe/,
• Rhymes: -iŋːe
• Syllabification^(key): In‧ge

Proper noun

Inge

1. A Swedish, etc., given name, entered here for Finnish declension.

Declension

Anagrams

• gein

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Inge

1. a diminutive of the female given names Ingeborg, Ingeburg, or Ingrid, masculine equivalent Ingo or Ingolf, also diminutive of other Germanic compound names beginning with Ing(e) "the god Ing/Yngvi"; variant form Inga

Norwegian

Proper noun

Inge

1. a male given name, short form of male names beginning with Old Norse Ing(i)- ("the god Ing/Yngvi")

Related terms

• male given names: Ingar, Ingvald, Ingvar, Ivar, Iver, Yngvar, Yngve
• female given names: Inga and its variants

Swedish

Proper noun

Inge c (genitive Inges)

1. a male given name, short form of Old Norse male given names beginning with Ing(i)- ("the god Ing/Yngvi")

Related terms

• male given names: Ingemar, Ingmar, Ingvar, Ivar, Yngve
• female given names: Inga and its variants

Anagrams

• geni, igen