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♀ Inger
What does Inger mean?
Inger 
as a name for girls. The name Inger means "guarded by Ing; Ing's beauty". Inger is a version of Inga (Scandinavian, Old Norse). Inger is also a variation of Ingrid (Scandinavian, Old Norse).
ENDS WITH -er
ASSOCIATED WITH beauty
Variations
RELATIONS VIA INGA, INGRID Ingaberg, Inge, Ingeborg, Ingegerg, Ingmar, Innga
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Iger, ..
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Inger Annette (I.A.), ..
How popular is Inger?
Inger is a somewhat prominent first name for females (#2513 out of 4276, Top 59%) and an even more prominent last name for all people (#69201 out of 150436, Top 46%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Inger reached its apex position of #1416 in the U.S. in the 1890s, but is not in the Top 1000 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Ingrid (#988 VIA LATEST LIST), Inga and Ingeborg are the popular related forms of Inger rated in the Top 2000. These forms of Inger were favored as baby names 58 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.03%) and are now much less conventional (ADOPTION 0.02%, DOWN 53.2%), with the form Inga becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Anner, Ginger▼, Indee, Ines, Inez▼, Innes and Jinger. These names tend to be less frequently used than Inger.
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