Inha
The Ukrainian form of Inga, carried in Poland by only about 700 women, all of them female bearers. Meeting one would stick with you: hardly any Poles ever have, and no girls have been given it in recent years.
Inha Pronunciation
Inha is pronounced EEN-khah (/ˈinxa/).
What Inha means
Where Inha comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Inha is the Ukrainian form of Inga. The name came into Ukrainian through Slavic naming habits, and its spelling follows a plain rule of the language: where other tongues write a hard g, Ukrainian usually prefers h. So Inga becomes Inha, and the sound softens on the way.
Because it belongs to the Slavic world, Inha travels easily across the border regions where Ukrainian and Polish speakers have long lived close together. A Polish teacher reading a class register might pause once at the h, then move on. The name has no diminutive tradition of its own to lean on. It stands as it is, short and complete.
For the people who carry it, Inha has meant a link back to Inga without stepping outside Ukrainian. It keeps the older name near while wearing local dress.
The meaning, then, is direct. Inha is the Ukrainian form of Inga.
How many people are named Inha
1 in 30589 women in Poland is named Inha. 737 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1088 among female names.