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 I Surnames Family History Resources

Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Ide			Iden, a small town in England
Ilsley		Locality	Isles-ley, the place on the island.
Incledon		Locality	Ingleton, the beacon hill, the fire-hill, or hill of alarm
Inge			Ing, Saxon, a pasture, a meadow or watering place, low ground
Ingham		Locality	The town on the low ground, meadow or pasture
Ingleby		Locality	Inglesby, the town of the English, or Angles
Ingles			The name was given in Scotland, to distinguish the family of some English settler. The Englishman
Inglis			The name was given in Scotland, to distinguish the family of some English settler. The Englishman
Ingoldsby		Locality	Inglesby, the town of the English, or Angles
Ingraham		German	Engelramus, from Engel, Saxon, angel, and rein, purity. Pure as an angel
Ingram		German	elements Ing (the name of a Germanic god) + hraban raven
Innes			lands of Innis in Scotland
Innis			lands of Innis in Scotland
Ipres		Locality	A town in the Netherlands
Ireland			native of that island
Ireton		Locality	a manor in County Derby, England.
Irish			A native of Ireland
Iron			the mineral
Irvine		Locality	in Ayrshire, Scotland
Irving		Locality	in Ayrshire, Scotland
Isaac		Hebrew	Laughter
Isham		Locality	the town on the river Isis, in Northamptonshire, England
Islip		Locality	A village near Oxford, England
Israel		Hebrew	given to the Patriarch Jacob
Iver		Gaelic-Welsh	A chief or leader
Ives		Locality	town named St. Ives, in the county of Huntingdon, England

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