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Re: Surnames Code and Nora
There is an Italian surname Nora. One suggested meaning is a diminutive of Eleanora, another, that it comes from NUORA, meaning "daughter-in-law". In either case inherited from a female ancestor. A third suggestion is a place name origin. Apparently there was a Casa Nora in Ravenna, but that looks to me like it's called after the family. There is also a Nora in Southern Sardinia, but there doesn't seem to be a connection between the surname and the island. So no firm explanation.
There is an English surname, Code, and this has more than one possible explanation. It could be a metonymic for a cobbler, code being an old word for cobbler's wax. It might also be locative, from the Cornish CUIT, meaning wood. The name belongs to Devon, which adjoins Cornwall.
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What about your name Ingram, I think it should be spelled Ingraham! Maybe Mr. Young has a comment?
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Never heard of Ingraham. Perhaps it should be spelled Ingram.
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In my family tree, I've got three generations of Ingrahams starting at approximately 1550. They appear to be nobility from Barrowby, England.It changes from Ingraham to Ingrahm with Johanna Ingrahm, who came to Massachusetts from England and lived from 1632-1699.So it's an English name, I suppose.
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So many Americans claim descent from European nobility I'm surprised that there are so many of the inbred wasters left over here.
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thank you!!! the locations you named all make sense to his ethnic background... His mother is english and irish and his dad is italian and irish. Where did you find this information if i may ask ? Do you have any sources online I could do further research on ? Anything is much appreciated!! -Ashley
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Two of my sources for the Nora surname are online, but not in English, unfortunately. They are -
www.jtosti.com/noms (in French), and
www.cognomiitaliani.org/cognomi/index.htm (in Italian)For Code I used Reaney and Wilson's "Dictionary of British Surnames", and "The Oxford Names Companion". You can probably find these in a public library. But there is always www.ancestry.com, which has information on many surnames from many languages, including their meaning. Also the pages on this site giving the meanings of surnames in various languages.
As far as taking your research further than meaning, you could try www.genforum.com/[name], replacing [name], of course, with whatever name you are researching. If anyone else is researching that surname they are likely to be posting queries and replies to queries there.
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thank you so so so so much once again ! I know who to come to next to lol !! do you have an e-mail?
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jamesyoung2[at]hotmail.com
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Awesome! Ill mail you soon, you have been so helpful!
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