Inge
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, short form of Old Norse male given names beginning with Ing(i)- ("the god Ing/Yngvi").
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Inge (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 476 | 4,375 |
| 2000 | 476 | 4,326 |
| 2001 | 474 | 4,279 |
| 2002 | 471 | 4,214 |
| 2003 | 467 | 4,163 |
| 2004 | 460 | 4,098 |
| 2005 | 459 | 4,038 |
| 2006 | 463 | 3,960 |
| 2007 | 457 | 3,899 |
| 2008 | 444 | 3,843 |
| 2009 | 441 | 3,770 |
| 2010 | 425 | 3,688 |
| 2011 | 419 | 3,618 |
| 2012 | 406 | 3,543 |
| 2013 | 391 | 3,439 |
| 2014 | 375 | 3,367 |
| 2015 | 359 | 3,274 |
| 2016 | 348 | 3,196 |
| 2017 | 332 | 3,117 |
| 2018 | 314 | 3,016 |
| 2019 | 300 | 2,925 |
| 2020 | 280 | 2,818 |
Inge in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Inge.Hi! My name is Inge.
- Inge har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Inge has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Inge i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Inge this afternoon.
- Inges mamma är lärare.Inge's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Inges mamma is Inge's mum.
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Questions about Inge
How do you pronounce Inge in Swedish?
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What does the name Inge mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, short form of Old Norse male given names beginning with Ing(i)- ("the god Ing/Yngvi").
How popular is Inge in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Inge in 2022. In 2020, 3,098 people in Sweden had Inge as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.