Inglis as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Inglis

What is the meaning of the name Inglis ?

The baby name Inglis is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɪŋɡlɪs/ (ING-glis).

Inglis is Scottish in Origin.

Inglis is a Scottish surname-turned-given name derived from the Middle Scots and Middle English word inglis, meaning “English” or “English-speaking.” The term itself comes from Old English Englisc, “of the Angles,” and in medieval Scotland it denoted Lowland speech in contrast to Gaelic. Because of this, the surname often identified an Englishman living in Scotland or a Scots speaker of the “Inglis” tongue.

Recorded in the Lowlands from the 13th century, Inglis later migrated into use as a rare given name, typically masculine but usable as unisex, especially in Scotland and the wider Anglophone diaspora. It sometimes appears as an honorific middle name for English or Lowland heritage. Variants and related forms include Ingles, Englis, Inglish, and English; Ingle is a separate name with different roots. The core meaning remains “Englishman” or “one who speaks English.”

⚙ Inglis is about as rare as a name gets. We hold just 8 recorded uses of it, from 5 countries.