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Inger

Variant of INGRID or INGEGERD.

INGRID   female   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
From the Old Norse name Ingríðr meaning "Ing is beautiful", derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with fríðr "beautiful". A famous bearer was the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).
ING   male   Germanic Mythology
From the Germanic *Ingwaz, possibly meaning "ancestor". This was the name of an obscure old Germanic fertility god who was considered the ancestor of the tribe the Ingaevones. It is possible he was an earlier incarnation of the god Freyr.
INGEGERD   female   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From the Old Norse name Ingigerðr, which was derived from the name of the Germanic god ING combined with garðr meaning "enclosure".
ING   male   Germanic Mythology
From the Germanic *Ingwaz, possibly meaning "ancestor". This was the name of an obscure old Germanic fertility god who was considered the ancestor of the tribe the Ingaevones. It is possible he was an earlier incarnation of the god Freyr.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ingigerðr, Ingríðr
DANISH: Ingegerd, Inger, Ingrid
FINNISH: Inkeri
GERMAN: Ingrid
NORWEGIAN: Ingegerd, Inger, Ingrid
SWEDISH: Ingegärd, Ingegerd, Inger, Ingrid
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Inga
DANISH: Inga, Inge
FINNISH: Inka
FRISIAN: Inka
GERMAN: Inga
ICELANDIC: Inga
LATVIAN: Inga
LITHUANIAN: Inga
NORWEGIAN: Inga
RUSSIAN: Inga
SWEDISH: Inga
OTHER FORMS
GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY: Ing
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