Inge - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Inge \i-nge, in-ge\, also used as boy's name Inge, is a variant of Inga (Scandinavian, Old Norse) and Ingrid (Scandinavian, Old Norse), and the meaning of Inge is "guarded by Ing; Ing's beauty".

The baby name Inge sounds like Ange, Ang, Angy, Angie, Anke, Engie, Iniga and Innga. Other similar baby names are Inger, Inez, Ines, Inah, Ina, Indee, Inda, Indu, Innes, Ione and Ionie.

Inge is a very common first name for women (#1644 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#14292 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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