Enguerrand

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Enguerrand

Say it: ahn-geh-RAHN

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Meaning

From a Germanic name such as Engilram, probably Angil (the Angles) and hraban 'raven'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

A name of the lords of Coucy and the northern French nobility.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

  1. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

French

The family of the name

Other spellings: Enguerran

EnglishIngram

Famous bearers

  • Enguerrand de Marigny, minister of Philip IV
  • Enguerrand VII de Coucy

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Where this comes from

  • Royal and noble genealogies
  • Medieval European charters and records

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