Ingo
Encyclopedia
Ingo is a first name in contemporary Scandinavia
and Germany
, and a historical name in France
. It is the male version of the name Inga
, used in the same region, and as a name for a tropical plant.
"Ingo" means "protected by Yngvi
", who is the main god for the Ingvaeones, and is probably a different name for the Germanic
god Freyr
.
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and a historical name in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is the male version of the name Inga
Inga (disambiguation)
-Given name:Inga is a Germanic first name for females, meaning "protected by Yngvi" . In American films and television shows, usually comedies, female characters from a non-English speaking European countries are frequently named Inga...
, used in the same region, and as a name for a tropical plant.
"Ingo" means "protected by Yngvi
Yngvi
Yngvi, Yngvin, Ingwine, Inguin are names that relate to an older theonym Ing and which appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr ....
", who is the main god for the Ingvaeones, and is probably a different name for the Germanic
Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group of Northern European origin, identified by their use of the Indo-European Germanic languages which diversified out of Proto-Germanic during the Pre-Roman Iron Age.Originating about 1800 BCE from the Corded Ware Culture on the North...
god Freyr
Freyr
Freyr is one of the most important gods of Norse paganism. Freyr was highly associated with farming, weather and, as a phallic fertility god, Freyr "bestows peace and pleasure on mortals"...
.
Persons with the name Ingo
- Ingo AnderbrüggeIngo AnderbrüggeIngo Anderbrügge is a retired German footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.-Football career:...
, German football player - Ingo BudingIngo BudingIngo Buding , was a West German tennis player. His sister Edda was also a tennis player.Buding won the Boy's Singles title at Roland Garros in 1959 and 1960.-References:* Profile at ATP...
, German tennis player - Ingo GiezendannerIngo GiezendannerIngo Giezendanner is a painter and installation artist and member of the Kroesos Foundation. He lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.Since 1998, Ingo Giezendanner, alias GRRRR, has been documenting the urban...
, Swiss artist - Ingo HoffmannIngo HoffmannIngo Hoffmann , is a former racing driver from São Paulo, Brazil. He participated in six Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 25, 1976. He scored no championship points.-Formula One years:...
, Brazilian race car driver - Ingemar JohanssonIngemar JohanssonJens Ingemar Johansson was a Swedish boxer and former heavyweight champion of the world. Johansson was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside the United States. In 1959 he defeated Floyd Patterson by TKO in the third round, after flooring Patterson seven times in that round, to win the World...
, "Ingo", Swedish boxer - Ingo MolnárIngo MolnarIngo Molnár, currently employed by Red Hat, is a Hungarian Linux hacker. He is best known for his contributions to the operating system in terms of security and performance...
, Hungarian computer programmer - Ingo NugelIngo NugelIngo Nugel was a video game composer who together with his brother Henning founded Nugel Bros. Music. Together they wrote and produced music for games, short films and advertisements....
, German composer of video game music - Ingo Polonia, Austrian folk singer
- Ingo PremingerIngo PremingerIngwald "Ingo" Preminger was a film producer. He was also the literary agent for several writers, including Dalton Trumbo and Ring Lardner Jr., both of whom were blacklisted in the McCarthy era...
, American movie producer, brother of director Otto Preminger - Ingo RademacherIngo RademacherIngo Rademacher is a German-born US-based Australian television actor. He has played the role of Jasper "Jax" Jacks on the American daytime soap opera General Hospital almost continuously since 1996.-Career:...
, German-born Australian soap opera actor - Ingo SchmittIngo SchmittIngo Schmitt is a German politician who was Member of the European Parliament for Berlin from 1999 - 2005. On September 18, 2005 he was elected to the Bundestag and consequently resigned from the European Parliament. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union.-External links:* * *...
, German politician - Ingo SchulzeIngo SchulzeIngo Schulze is a German writer born in Dresden in former East Germany. He studied classical philology at the University of Jena for five years, and, until the German reunification, was an assistant director at the State Theatre in Altenburg 45 km south of Leipzig for two years...
, German author - Ingo SchwichtenbergIngo SchwichtenbergIngo Schwichtenberg was one of the founding members of German power metal band Helloween and was famous for his high-energy drumming....
, German rock musician - Ingo SteuerIngo SteuerIngo Steuer is a German pair skater and skating coach.With partner Mandy Wötzel, he was the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist the 1997 World champion, the 1995 European champion, and a four-time German national champion...
, German figure skater - Ingo SwannIngo SwannIngo Swann is an artist and author, best known for his work as a co-creator of the discipline of remote viewing, specifically the Stargate Project...
, remote viewer - Ingo, a character in The Legend of Zelda series
- Ingo Rutenberg Canadian/American business man
- Ingo Schel Dutch hockey player
See also
- IngaIngaInga is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. Ingas leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white...
, Ingolf, Ingmar, Ingobald, Ingrid, InkaInka, is a term used in Zen Buddhism to denote a high-level of certification, and literally means "the legitimate seal of clearly furnished proof." In ancient times inka usually came in the form of an actual document, but this practice is no longer commonplace...
, Inken - International nongovernmental organizationInternational nongovernmental organizationThe World Bank defines a non-governmental organization as "private organizations that pursue activities to relieve suffering, promote the interests of the poor, protect the environment, provide basic social services, or undertake community development"...
(INGO) - Eccentric-hub scooter, sold under the brand name Ingo-bike