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Inger
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inger înger
English
Proper noun
en.
Danish
Etymology
From da Ingegerd and da Ingrid.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 55 050 females with the given name Inger have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 14th, 2011.
French
Etymology
From da Ingegerd and da Ingrid.
Proper noun
fr proper noun
fr female
Norwegian
Etymology
From no Ingegerd.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 32 870 females with the given name Inger living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 14th 2011.
Swedish
Etymology
Contraction of sv Ingegerd and also a dialectal form of sv Ingrid. First recorded in Sweden in 1561.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Inger.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
sv 2020 Neil Hourihan 18. Kryss-skolan i skogen comic Lätta Kryss Easy Crosswords 7 18 1650-7509 'Kom igen Inger – 1-2, 1-2, 1-2...' 'Come on, Inger – 1-2, 1-2, 1-2...'
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån: 76 051 females with the given name Inger living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 14th, 2011.
Anagrams
sv eginr Niger niger regin ringe