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Boy · Germanic
Ingram
Say it: ING-grum
Meaning
From Germanic Engel (the Angles) and hraban 'raven'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Found in medieval England and Scotland, often as Ingelram.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 411 babies given this name since 1883
- At its height in 1883, about 1 in 20,900 boys
- 8 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ingelram, Enguerrand
| French | Enguerrand |
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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