Ingall as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ingall

What is the meaning of the name Ingall ?

The baby name Ingall is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ˈɪŋɡəl ("ING-gull") or ˈɪŋɡɔːl ("ING-gawl").

Ingall is Germanic, Norse in Origin.

Ingall is an English surname-turned-given name with mixed Norse and Anglo-Saxon roots. One line derives from Old Norse Ingjald(r), built on the theonym Ing/Yngvi (later linked with Freyr) plus a second element probably meaning “tribute,” giving the sense “dedicated to Ing.” Another line goes back to Old English/Middle English Engel/Engel(l) “Angle, Englishman” (and sometimes “angel”), which yielded medieval Ingel/Ingell; Ingall is a later spelling.

Documented in medieval Danelaw counties as both a personal name and a byname, Ingall now survives chiefly as a surname in Britain and North America, with rare modern given-name use. Variants and cognates include Ingalls, Ingell, Ingle, Engel, and Scandinavian Ingjald; related diminutives are Ing and German Ingo. Historically masculine, it can read unisex today, carrying overtones of ancestral identity or devotion to the god Ing.

⚙ Ingall is about as rare as a name gets. In all, it appears just 2 times, across 1 country.