What nationality is the last name Ingram?
English
Ingram (surname)
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | English |
| Meaning | Ing + hraban (raven) |
| Region of origin | England |
What does the last name Ingram mean?
The surname Ingram was first found in Northumberland at Ingram, (meaning grassland enclosure) a small village in the Cheviots on the River Breamish.
Is Ingram German?
In German Baby Names the meaning of the name Ingram is: Ing’s raven (Ing was the Norse god of peace and fertility). Used commonly as both a first name and as a surname during the Middle Ages.
Is the last name Ingram Irish?
Recorded as Ingram, Ingeram, Ingelham and the very rare dialectal Ingyon, this is in every respect a true English surname of pre medieval origins. Recorded in most parts of England but particularly associated with the county of Yorkshire, it has its origins in the Anglo-Saxon personal name Engel.
How do you spell Ingram?
Correct pronunciation for the word “Ingram” is [ɪnɡɹˈam], [ɪnɡɹˈam], [ɪ_n_ɡ_ɹ_ˈa_m].
Is the surname Ingram Scottish?
English (chiefly Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from any of several places so called, of which the largest are in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. The place name is from the Old English personal name Inga + ham ‘homestead’.
Is Ingram a first name?
Ingram is an English masculine given name, from the Anglo-French (Norman) Enguerran (ultimately Frankish Angilram).
Is Ingram a word?
a male given name.
What nationality is Ingham?
English (chiefly Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from any of several places so called, of which the largest are in Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. The place name is from the Old English personal name Inga + ham ‘homestead’.
Where does the name Ingham come from?
The ancient roots of the Ingham family are in the Anglo-Saxon culture. The name Ingham comes from when the family lived at Hingham, a market-town and parish, in the incorporation and hundred of Forehoe in Norfolk. The parish dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was known as Hincham.
Is Ingram a boy or girl name?
boy’s
The name Ingram is a boy’s name of German origin meaning “angel-raven”.