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, 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, 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 Kinga Baranowska (born 17 November 1975 in Wejherowo) is a Polish mountaineer. She made ascents of nine eight-thousanders and is the first Polish woman to have climbed Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and Kangchenjunga. She currently lives in Warsaw. Climbing ...

, 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 Kinga Choszcz, better known as Kinga Freespirit (10 April 1973, Gdańsk, Poland - 9 June 2006, Ghana), was a well-known Polish traveler and travel writer. Kinga's first solitary journey led her to India and Nepal overland. Soon after she met her l ...

, Polish travel writer * Kinga Czuczor, Hungarian beauty pageant contestant * Kinga Czigány, Hungarian sprint canoer *

Kinga Dékány Kinga Dekany is a Hungarian sprint canoer who has competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s. She won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-4 200 m: 1998, 2001; K-4 1000 m: 2001, 2003), three ...

, 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 Kinga Fabó, (1 November 1953 - 4 March 2021) was a Hungarian poet, linguist and essayist. Brief biography From 1972 to 1977 Kinga Fabó studied English at School of English and American Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Lor� ...

, 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, 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, Polish TV presenter *

Kinga Tshering Kinga Tshering (born 20 December 1966) is a Bhutanese businessman and politician. He served in the public sector for 23 years in the Bhutan, most recently as the Member of Parliament in the National Assembly. He has experience in legislation, or ...

, Bhutanese politician *

Kinga Wojtasik Kinga Wojtasik (born 2 June 1990), née Kołosińska, is a Polish beach volleyball player. As of 2016, she plays with Monika Brzostek. They have qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2 ...

, Polish beach volleyball player *

Kinga Zsigmond Kinga Zsigmond (born 19 April 1964 in Budapest) is a retired female javelin thrower from Hungary. She represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Ol ...

, Hungarian javelin thrower

Animals

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Eupithecia kinga ''Eupithecia kinga'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Chile and/or Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the ...

'', 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 Kinga is a Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the South ...

, a Bantu language of Tanzania {{disambiguation, geo, given name Language and nationality disambiguation pages