Ingo Explained
For other uses see Ingo (disambiguation).
| Ingo |
| Pronunciation: | pronounced as /sv/
pronounced as /de/ |
| Gender: | Male |
| Meaning: | protected by Yngvi |
| Region: | Northern Europe |
| Origin: | Germanic |
| Related Names: | Inga |
Ingo is a masculine given name in contemporary Scandinavia and Germany, and a historical name in France. It is a Latinized form of the given name Inge.[1] It is the male version of the name Inga, used in the same region.
It means "protected by Yngvi", who is the main god for the Ingvaeones, and is probably a different name for the Germanic god Freyr.[2]
Persons with the name Ingo
- Ingemar Johansson (1932-2009), Swedish boxer, nicknamed "Ingo"
- Ingo Anderbrügge (born 1964), German footballer
- Ingo Appelt (born 1961), German former bobsledder
- Ingo Appelt (born 1967), German comedian
- Ingo Brigandt, Canadian philosopher
- Ingo Bodtke (born 1965), German politician
- Ingo Buding (1942-2003), German tennis player
- Ingo Freyer (born 1971), German professional basketball coach and former national team player
- Ingo Gerhartz (born 1965), German Air Force general
- Ingo Giezendanner (born 1975), Swiss artist
- Ingo Hoffmann (born 1953), Brazilian former race car driver
- Ingo Maurer (1932–2019), German industrial designer
- Ingo Metzmacher (born 1957), German music conductor
- Ingo Molnár, Hungarian computer programmer
- Ingo Mörth (born 1949), Austrian sociologist
- Ingo Nugel (1976-2007), German composer of video game music
- Ingo Preminger (1911-2006), American movie producer, brother of director Otto Preminger
- Ingo Rademacher (born 1971), German-born Australian actor
- Ingo Rechenberg (1934–2021), German researcher and professor currently in the field of bionics
- Ingo Renner (1940–2022), Australian glider pilot, four-time world champion
- Ingo Schmitt, German politician
- Ingo Schulze (born 1962), German author
- Ingo Schwichtenberg (1965-1995), German rock drummer
- Ingo Simon (1875–1964), British singer and archer
- Ingo Steinhöfel (born 1967), German former weightlifter
- Ingo Steuer (born 1966), German figure skater and coach
- Ingo Swann (1933-2013), American psychic
- Ingo Titze, American vocal scientist
- Ingo Wegener (1950-2008), German computer scientist
- Ingo Wellenreuther (born 1959), German politician
- Ingo Zamperoni (born 1974), German news presenter
Fictional characters
- Ingo, an associate of Talon in The Legend of Zelda series
- Ingo, the missing Subway Boss in Pokémon Black and White and Pokémon Legends: Arceus
- Ingo Manfred, a main character in the Broken Sky trilogy by L. A. Weatherly.
Literature
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Ingo. Dansk Navneleksicon. 5 November 2024. da.
- Web site: Ingo. Name Doctor. 5 November 2024.
