Given name
Kinga
“brave during time of war”
In German use, Kinga is an affectionate form of Kunigunde. One German interpretation is “brave during time of war.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Kinga is an affectionate form of Kunigunde. One German interpretation is “brave during time of war.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Kinga is an affectionate form of Kunigunde. An origin associated with Kunigunde is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Polish Kunegunda, from German Kunigunde, from Old High German Kunigunde, built from Old High German kunni + gunda.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kinga through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 213
- 0 boys · 213 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,110 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,110 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,272 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kinga’s family of names
In Polish usage, Kinga has a diminutive in Kingunia. Kinga has a related form in Kinge. In Polish usage, Kinga has a diminutive in Kingusia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kinga has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kinga
- Kinga of PolandPolish royal; later Poor Clare abbess1224–1292
- Kinga GönczHungarian politicianborn 1947
- Kinga PreisPolish actressborn 1971
- Kinga Bótacanoeistborn 1977
- Kinga CzigányCanoe racerborn 1972
- Kinga Gálmember of the European Parliamentborn 1970
- Kinga AchrukPolish handball playersborn 1989
- Kinga SzemikPolish association football playerborn 1997
- Kinga BaranowskaPolish mountain climberborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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