Inga (given name)

The feminine given name Inga is a variant of the German and Scandinavian name Inge. It derives from the Germanic deity Ing. Notable people with the name include:


 * Inga of Varteig (c. 1185 – 1234), mistress of King Haakon III of Norway and the mother of King Haakon IV
 * Inga Abel (1946–2000), German actress
 * Inga Åberg (1773–1837), Swedish actress and singer
 * Inga Abitova (born 1982) Russian long-distance runner
 * Inga Afonina (born 1969), Russian diver
 * Inga Alsiņa (born 1979), Latvian actress
 * Inga Arshakyan (born 1982), Armenian singer
 * Inga Artamonova (1936–1966), Russian speed skater
 * Inga Arvad (1913–1973), Danish journalist
 * Inga Balstad (born 1952), Norwegian politician
 * Inga Beale (born 1963), English businesswoman
 * Inga Borg (1925–2017), Swedish artist and children's book author
 * Inga Bostad (born 1963), Norwegian philosopher, writer and educator
 * Inga Cadranel (born 1978), Canadian actress
 * Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016), Australian author, historian and anthropologist
 * Inga-Stina Ewbank (1932-2004), Swedish-born academic and educator
 * Inga-Britt Fredholm (1934–2016) Swedish secretary, archivist and author
 * Inga Humpe (born 1956), German singer
 * Inga Janulevičiūtė (born 1985), Lithuanian figure skater
 * Inga Juuso (1945 – 2014), Sami singer and actress
 * Inga Kennedy (born 1962), Scottish nurse and senior Royal Navy officer
 * Inga Rhonda King (born 1960), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines accountant, teacher and publisher
 * Inga Landgré (1927–2023), Swedish actress
 * Inga Lindström (Christiane Sadlo; born 1954), German screenwriter and journalist
 * Inga Lísa Middleton (born 1964), Icelandic photographer
 * Inga Marchand (born 1978), American rapper known by her stage name Foxy Brown
 * Inga Moore (born 1945), Anglo-Australian author and illustrator
 * Inga Muscio (born 1966), American feminist author
 * Inga Nielsen (1946–2008) Danish soprano
 * Inga Rumpf, vocalist of German band Frumpy
 * Inga Salurand (born 1983), Estonian actress
 * Inga Sempé (born 1968), French designer
 * Inga-Lill Sjöblom (born 1959), Swedish politician
 * Inga Swenson (1932–2023), American actress
 * Inga Tidblad (1901–1975), Swedish actress
 * Inga Thompson (born 1964), American Olympic cyclist
 * Inga Willis, American politician