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hi.... i've always wonderd what my name, Inka,means. I've tried to look up info, but the only thing i can find out is, that it is a Frisian name for Inge. Does anyboby know anything esle about this name? It is a girl name. I don't really know anything else about my name, so i would appriciate any info that i can get. I'm from Finland (if that's any help)
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I knew a twin with one of them named Inka.
It's a girl's name and a short form of Inkeri.
Inkeri: Teutonic, meaning 'hero's daughter'.
INGE m,f German, Scandinavian
Short form of German and Scandinavian names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Norse god ING.
ING m Germanic Mythology, Norse Mythology
From old Germanic Ingwaz, which possibly means "he who is foremost". Ing was the name of a Norse and Germanic fertility god, known in Scandinavia as Yngvi Freyr (see FREYR).
FREYR m Norse Mythology
Pronounced: FRAYR
Means "lord" from Old Norse. This was another name of the Norse god Ing. Freyr was actually derived from a title of Ing, Yngvi Freyr, meaning "lord Ing". Freyr (or Ing) presided over fertility, sunlight and rain, and was the husband of the frost giantess Gerd.
It's a girl's name and a short form of Inkeri.
Inkeri: Teutonic, meaning 'hero's daughter'.
INGE m,f German, Scandinavian
Short form of German and Scandinavian names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Norse god ING.
ING m Germanic Mythology, Norse Mythology
From old Germanic Ingwaz, which possibly means "he who is foremost". Ing was the name of a Norse and Germanic fertility god, known in Scandinavia as Yngvi Freyr (see FREYR).
FREYR m Norse Mythology
Pronounced: FRAYR
Means "lord" from Old Norse. This was another name of the Norse god Ing. Freyr was actually derived from a title of Ing, Yngvi Freyr, meaning "lord Ing". Freyr (or Ing) presided over fertility, sunlight and rain, and was the husband of the frost giantess Gerd.
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Well you just need to follow the links.
Inka is the Frisian feminine form of Inge,
And Inge is masculin or femine, and is a short form of German and Scandinavian names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Norse god Ing.
Ing is from from old Germanic Ingwaz, which possibly means "he who is foremost". Ing was the name of a Norse and Germanic fertility god, known in Scandinavia as Yngvi Freyr (see FREYR).
So really your name means 'he who is foremost', unless you were named after a relative who's name started with ing and then your name would more symbolically mean that deffinition.
Here are some names that start with 'ing' after the god Ing (I have taken out duplicates, eg. INGER which is a variant of INGRID or INGEGERD and just included Ingrid and Ingegerd)
INGEBORG f Scandinavian, German
Derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with Old Norse borg meaning "fortress".
INGEGERD f Scandinavian
Derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with Old Norse garðr meaning "enclosure".
INGEMAR m Scandinavian
INGOLF m Scandinavian
Derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with Old Norse úlfr meaning "wolf".
INGRID f Scandinavian, German
Means "Ing is beautiful" from the name of the Norse god ING combined with Old Norse fríðr "beautiful". A famous bearer was Ingrid Bergman, an actress from Sweden.
INGVAR m Scandinavian
Derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with Old Norse arr meaning "warrior".
~SD
Inka is the Frisian feminine form of Inge,
And Inge is masculin or femine, and is a short form of German and Scandinavian names beginning with the element ing, which refers to the Norse god Ing.
Ing is from from old Germanic Ingwaz, which possibly means "he who is foremost". Ing was the name of a Norse and Germanic fertility god, known in Scandinavia as Yngvi Freyr (see FREYR).
So really your name means 'he who is foremost', unless you were named after a relative who's name started with ing and then your name would more symbolically mean that deffinition.
Here are some names that start with 'ing' after the god Ing (I have taken out duplicates, eg. INGER which is a variant of INGRID or INGEGERD and just included Ingrid and Ingegerd)
INGEBORG f Scandinavian, German
Derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with Old Norse borg meaning "fortress".
INGEGERD f Scandinavian
Derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with Old Norse garðr meaning "enclosure".
INGEMAR m Scandinavian
INGOLF m Scandinavian
Derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with Old Norse úlfr meaning "wolf".
INGRID f Scandinavian, German
Means "Ing is beautiful" from the name of the Norse god ING combined with Old Norse fríðr "beautiful". A famous bearer was Ingrid Bergman, an actress from Sweden.
INGVAR m Scandinavian
Derived from the name of the Norse god ING combined with Old Norse arr meaning "warrior".
~SD
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thank u for the info!
it's pretty interesting...so thanks again
it's pretty interesting...so thanks again
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