Ingo 853427 214910634 2008-05-25T21:24:44Z 85.225.248.91 /* Persons with the name Ingo */ {{otheruses4|the first name "Ingo"|the children's novel by Helen Dunmore|Ingo (novel)}} {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Ingo | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= ɪɳʔo | gender = Male | meaning = protected by [[Yngvi]] | region = Northern Europe | origin = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] | related names = Inga | footnotes = }} '''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 peoples|Germanic]] god [[Freyr]]. ==Persons with the name Ingo== * [[Ingo Anderbrügge]], German football player * [[Ingo Buding]], German tennis player * [[Ingo Giezendanner]], Swiss artist * [[Ingo Hoffmann]], Brazilian race car driver * [[Ingemar Johansson]], "[[Ingo]]", Swedish boxer * [[Ingo Molnár]], Hungarian computer programmer * [[Ingo Nugel]], German composer of video game music * [[Ingo Preminger]], American movie producer, brother of director Otto Preminger * [[Ingo Rademacher]], German-born Australian soap opera actor * [[Ingo Schmitt]], German politician * [[Ingo Schulze]], German author * [[Ingo Schwichtenberg]], German rock musician * [[Ingo Steuer]], German figure skater * [[Ingo Swann]], remote viewer * [[List of characters in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time#Ingo|Ingo]], a character in the [[video game]] ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'' ==See also== * [[Inga]], Ingolf, Ingmar, Ingobald, [[Ingrid (name)|Ingrid]], [[Inka]], Inken [[Category:Given names]] [[de:Ingo]]