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Origin and Meaning

This name element derives from the name of an ancient Germanic god. The meaning of his name is as yet unexplained (maybe related to Greek énchos = 'lance', 'staff' ^[1] ^[2]). He is the ancestor of the coastal Germanic tribe Ingaevones, so the name element either means

'belonging/dedicated to the Germanic god'

or

'belonging to the tribe of the Ingaevones '

Ancient Germanic

*Ingwa = 'the name of a god' ^[3]
*Ingwaz = 'the name of a god' ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
*Ingwi = 'the name of a god' ^[3]
*Ingu = 'the name of a god' ^[3]

Proto-Norse

*Ingwia- = 'the name of a god' ^[2]

Old Norse

Yngvi = 'the name of a god' ^[2]

Anglo-Saxon

Ing = 'the name of a god' ^[7] ^[2]

Related Names

See *Ingwaz, Inga, Ingi and Insa

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ALF	see Ingálvur
BARD	see Ingbart
BEL	see Ingabell
BET	see Ingebeth
BILL	see Ingebill
BJÖRN	see Ingibjǫrn
BJÖRT	see Ingobert (German) and Ingibjört (Norse)
BO	see Ingebo
BORG	see Ingiborg
BRITT	see Ingbritt
DIS	see Ingdis
DON	see Ingdon
DORT	see Ingedorte
EY	see Ingiøy
FAST	see Ingifastr
FINN	see Ingifinna
FRID	see Ingfried (German) and Ingfred (Norse)
FRÍÐ	see Ingifríðr
GEIR	see IngigæiRR
GERD	see Ingigærðr
GRET	see Ingagreta
GULL	see Ingull
GUNN	see Ingigunnr
HARD	see Ingohart (German)
HEID	see Ingheiður
HER	see Ingvarr
HILD	see Yngvildr (Norse) and Inguhilt (German)
HLIF	see Ingeliv
HRAFN	see Ingram
JARL	see Ingjarl
KA	see Ingakarin
KÅR	see Ingikárr
LARS	see Larsinge
LAUG	see Ingilaug
LEIF	see Ingilæif
LEN	see Ingelene
LI	see Ingali
LILL	see Ingelille
LIN	see Ingelin
LÍN	see Ingilín
LIS	see Ingelise
LOR	see Ingelore
LOTT	see Ingalott
MAGN	see Ingimagn
MAJ	see Ingmaj
MAR	see Ingimarr (Norse) and Ingomar (German)
MARG	see Ingmargret
MARI	see Ingemarie
MERETE	see Ingemerete
METTE	see Ingemette
MOD	see Ingimóð
MOR	see Ingemor
MUND	see Ingimundr
NAR	see Ingnar
NOR	see Ingnora
NY	see Ingny
PER	see Peringe
ROS	see Ingirós
RUN	see Ingirún
-se	see Ingse
SOL	see Ingisól
STIN	see Ingastina
ULF	see IngulfR
UNN	see Ingunnr
VALD	see Ívaldi and Ingivaldr
VEIG	see Ingveig
VI	see Ingvi
VÍÐ	see Ingvid
VIN	see Ingwin
VIOL	see Ingviol
VÖR	see Yngvǫr
ÞOR	see Ingiþóra

First Element Forms

Em- Eng- Enge-
I- Í-
Iennge-
Ign-
Im-
In- Ing- Inga- Inge- Ingi- Ingo- Ingu- Ingui- Ingv-
Innge-
Jng- Jnge- Jnggæ- Jngi-
Ym-
Yng- Yngv-
Øm-

Last Element Forms

-inge

References

↑ Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)

[dan-1] Rikard Hornby: Danske navne - Træk af navngivningens historie (1951)

[nper-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[sei1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)

[pet-4] Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)

[ott-5] Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[bry-6] Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[sim-7] Rudolf Simek: Dictionary of Northern Mythology (1993)

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