Baby name

FADING BOY · OLD GERMANIC-NORSE
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Ingo

/ING · oh/


“God Ing”

Old Germanic name from the element 'Ing', the name of a Norse fertility deity, the mythological ancestor of the Ingaevones; used mainly in Germany and the Netherlands.

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strongplayful

How it ages.

Peaked in Germany in the 1960s and 1970s; feels solidly retro there now.

The cultural moment.

Common in Germany from the 1950s through 1970s; rare for newborns today.