Inger

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See also: inger and înger

Danish

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Etymology

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From Ingegerd and Ingrid.

Proper noun

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Inger

  1. a female given name

References

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  • [1] 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

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Etymology

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From Ingegerd and Ingrid.

Proper noun

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Inger

  1. a female given name

Norwegian

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Etymology

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From Ingegerd.

Proper noun

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Inger

  1. a female given name

References

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  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [2] 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

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Etymology

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Contraction of Ingegerd and also a dialectal form of Ingrid. First recorded in Sweden in 1561.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Inger c (genitive Ingers)

  1. a female given name
    • 2020, Neil Hourihan, “18. Kryss-skolan i skogen”, in Lätta Kryss [Easy Crosswords], number 7, →ISSN, page 18:
      'Kom igen Inger – 1-2, 1-2, 1-2...'
      'Come on, Inger – 1-2, 1-2, 1-2...'

References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [3] 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

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