Kinga is a female name, a variant of

Kunigunde Kunigunde, Kunigunda, or Cunigunde, is a European female name of German origin derived from "kuni" (clan, family) and "gund" (war). In Polish this is sometimes Kunegunda or Kinga. People with such names include: * Kunigunde of Rapperswil (c. early ...

. It may refer to:

People

Kinga of Poland Kinga of Poland (also known as Cunegunda; pl, Święta Kinga, hu, Szent Kinga) (5 March 1224– 24 July 1292) is a saint in the Catholic Church and patroness of Poland and Lithuania. Biography She was born in Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary ...

, Hungarian saint

Surname

Sonam Kinga Dasho Sonam Kinga is a Bhutanese politician and researcher at the Center for Bhutan Studies. He played the monk in the 2003 film ''Travellers and Magicians'', for which he is also credited as a dialogue coach. Sonam Kinga obtained his Ph.D and MA ...

, Bhutanese actor *

Yukari Kinga is a Japanese football player. She is currently playing as a defender for Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina in the WE League. She previously played for the Japan women's national football team, winning a World Cup and an Olympic silver medal before h ...

, Japanese footballer

Given name

Kinga Achruk Kinga Achruk, née Byzdra (born 9 January 1989) is a Polish handball player for MKS Lublin. She represented the Polish national team at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia and the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in D ...

, Polish handball player *

Kinga Augustyn Kinga Augustyn is a New York City-based virtuoso violinist. She has established an international career having performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras, recitalist, and recording artist. Early life and education Augustyn was born in Wro ...

, Polish violinist * Kinga Baranowska, Polish mountaineer *

Kinga Bóta Kinga Bóta (born 22 August 1977) is a Hungary, Hungarian canoe racing, sprint canoer who competed from 1999 to 2005. She won silver medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Bóta has also had outsta ...

, Hungarian sprint canoer * Kinga Choszcz, Polish travel writer *

Kinga Czuczor Kinga Czuczor (born in Nové Zámky which was then in Czechoslovakia) is a Hungarian beauty pageant contestant. She is notable for winning the title of Miss Hungary in 1990. Czuczor went on to represent Hungary in the Miss World pageant which w ...

, Hungarian beauty pageant contestant *

Kinga Czigány Kinga Czigány (born 17 February 1972) is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the K-4 500 m event at Barcelona in 1992. Czigány also won five medals at the ...

, Hungarian sprint canoer * Kinga Dékány, Hungarian sprint canoer *

Kinga Dunin Kinga Maria Dunin-Horkawicz (born 1954 in Łódź) is a Polish writer, feminist, and sociologist. Life She is a columnist for the ''Wysokie Obcasy'' (women's extra of the ''Gazeta Wyborcza'') and academic teacher at the Medical University of ...

, Polish writer * Kinga Fabó, Hungarian poet *

Kinga Gajewska Kinga Magdalena Gajewska (born July 22, 1990, in Warsaw) is a Polish politician, political scientist, lawyer and local government official. She was a member of the 8th and 9th Polish parliaments. Biography Gajewska attended the Stefan Zeromsk ...

(born 1990), Polish politician *

Kinga Gál Kinga Gál (born 6 September 1970) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Hungary. She is a member of Fidesz. Early life and education Gál was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Her education details includ ...

, Hungarian politician *

Kinga Göncz Kinga Göncz (born 8 November 1947) is a Hungarian academic and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary between 2006 and 2009. In 2009 she headed the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) European election list and was subsequently electe ...

, Hungarian politician *

Kinga Grzyb Kinga Grzyb, née Polenz (born 12 January 1982) is a Polish handball player for Zagłębie Lubin. She represented Poland at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia. International honours *Carpathian Trophy: **''Winner'': 2017 ...

, Polish handball player *

Kinga Janurik Kinga Janurik (born 6 November 1991) is a Hungarian handballer for Ferencvárosi TC (women's handball), Ferencváros and the Hungary women's national handball team, Hungary national team. Achievements *Nemzeti Bajnokság I (Women's handball), Ne ...

, Hungarian handballer *

Kinga Klivinyi Kinga Debreczeni-Klivinyi (born 31 March 1992) is a Hungarian handballer for Siófok KC and the Hungarian national team. Career She was capped for Hungary in various age categories and finished second on the top scorers' list of the 2009 Euro ...

, Hungarian handballer *

Kinga Maculewicz-De La Fuente Kinga Maculewicz-De La Fuente (née Maculewicz; born 25 May 1978) is a French former volleyball player, a member of France women's national volleyball team between 1994 and 2011. Personal life She was born in Kraków, Poland, but she grew up in ...

, French volleyball player *

Kinga Philipps Kinga Philipps (born August 16, 1976) is a Polish American actress and journalist. She has been a correspondent for a variety of networks including: USA Network, AMC, Food Network, Current TV, Fox Sports, SyFy, National Geographic Channel an ...

, Polish actress *

Kinga Preis Kinga Anna Preis (born 31 August 1971, in Wrocław) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Life and career She graduated from Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in 1996. In 2006, she received the Zbigniew Cybulski Award for best young act ...

, Polish actress *

Kinga Rusin Kinga Judyta Rusin-Lis (born 9 March 1971) is a popular Polish TV presenter. She was born in Warsaw. Rusin graduated in Italian studies from Warsaw University. She began her career in media working for TVP (Polish National Television) as a prog ...

, Polish TV presenter * Kinga Tshering, Bhutanese politician * Kinga Wojtasik, Polish beach volleyball player * Kinga Zsigmond, Hungarian javelin thrower

Animals

* '' Eupithecia kinga'', a moth in the family Geometridae

Other

Kinga people The Kinga are an ethnic and linguistic group native to Mbeya Region and Njombe Region, Tanzania, in the great Kipengere Range northeast of Lake Malawi. In 2003 the Kinga population was estimated to number 140,000. Background They are said to hav ...

, an ethnic and linguistic group from Njombe Region, Tanzania * Kinga language, a Bantu language of Tanzania {{disambiguation, geo, given name Language and nationality disambiguation pages