Inga
A girls’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning daughter of the hero ing.
Babies a year
30
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Inga by the numbers
Inga was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 115 babies in 1969, making it a 1960s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Inga. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean courage
Like Inga, each of these has courage in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Emersonson of Emery, brave power3,275 in the US (2017)
- Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)
- Valeriastrong and valiant; feminine form of Valerius1,887 in the US (2017)
- Emersynson of Emery, brave power; a modern respelling of Emerson1,331 in the US (2017)
- Emorybrave power; from a surname740 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Inga
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