Enguerrand (or Engrand, Ingrand) is a medieval French name, derived from a

Germanic name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements ( stems), by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', meaning "noble", and ', meaning "counsel". The i ...

''Engilram'' (''Engelram'', ''Ingelram''), from ''Angil'', the tribal name of the Angles, and ''hramn'' "raven". The Old Frankish name is recorded in various forms during the 8th to 11th centuries, the oldest attestation being ''Angalramnus'', the name of a

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of the 8th century; other forms include ''Angilrammus'', ''Angelramnus'', ''Ingalramnus'', ''Ingilramnus'', ''Ingelranmus'', Engilramnus, ''Engilhram'', ''Engilram'', ''Engelram'' and ''Hengelrannus''.E. Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856)
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form ''Enguerran(d)'' is recorded as borne by a number of high medieval noblemen of Picardy. The name was taken to England with the Norman Conquest, and was adopted there as Ingram (given name), Ingram by the late medieval period. The name was also conflated with a number of distinct, similar-sounding Germanic names, such as ''Ingerman'', which has as its first element the name

Ingvar Ingvar or Yngvar ( , d. early 7th century) was the son of Östen and reclaimed the Swedish throne for the House of Yngling after the Swedes had rebelled against Sölve. He is reported to have fallen in battle in Ancient Estonia, Estonia and bee ...

. Notable people with these names include:

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*Angalram (Ingelram) (died 791),

Ingerman of Hesbaye Ingerman (Ingram, Enguerrand) (c. 750-818), was a Frankish noble and Count of Hesbaye, son of a brother of Saint Chrodegang, the Bishop of Metz and therefore grandson of Sigramnus of Hesbaye. Life Ingram came from a high noble family from Haspen ...

(fl. 8th century), also recorded as ''Enguerrand'', a Duke of Hesbaye *Ingelram count of Harelbeke (Enguerrand of Flandres), d. c. 853 * Engelram, Chamberlain of France (died 877), Chamberlain to Charles the Bald * Enguerrand I of Ponthieu (died 1045), a Count of Ponthieu * Enguerrand, count of Saint-Pol (fl. 1040s) * Enguerrand II of Ponthieu (died 1053), another Count of Ponthieu * Enguerrand I, Lord of Coucy (died 1116), scandalous Lord of Coucy * Enguerrand (bishop of Glasgow) (died 1174) * Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy (died 1242) *

Enguerrand de Marigny Enguerrand de Marigny, Baron Le Portier (c. 126030 April 1315) was a French chamberlain and minister of Philip IV. Early life He was born at Lyons-la-Forêt in Normandy, of an old Norman family of the lesser baronage called Le Portier, which ...

(died 1315), Chamberlain of Philip IV the Fair, King of the French * Enguerrand VI, Lord of Coucy (died 1347), another Lord of Coucy * Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy (died 1397), another Lord of Coucy and Earl of Bedford * Enguerrand de Monstrelet (died 1453), a French chronicler * Enguerrand Quarton (c.1410 – c.1466), French painter and manuscript illuminator

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* Christine Engrand (born 1955), French politician * Georges Enguerrand, French cyclist at the 1920 Summer Olympics * Max Ingrand (1908–1969), French artist working in stained glass

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