Girl · Germanic, through Hungarian
Kinga
Say it: KEEN-gah
Meaning
Polish and Hungarian short form of Kunigunde, from Germanic kuni 'kin' and gund 'battle'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
From the 13th-century Hungarian princess who married Bolesław V and became patron of Polish salt miners.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 195 babies given this name since 1987
- At its height in 2008, about 1 in 118,100 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Hungarian | Kinga |
|---|---|
| German | Kunigunde |
Famous bearers
- Saint Kinga, daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and duchess of Kraków
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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