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the etymology and history of surnames
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I'Anson
Usage: English
Variant of Janson.

Ibáñez
Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Ibán", Ibán is a variant of Juan.

Ibarra
Usage: Spanish, Basque
Derived from the Basque place name Ibarra which, in turn, is derived from Basque ibar "a meadow".

Ibbot
Usage: English
Variant of Ibbott.

Ibbott
Usage: English
Ibbott is a matronymic derived from the old feminine name Ibota, which in turn was derived from Isabel, the oldest form of Elizabeth to be introduced into England.

Ibsen
Usage: Danish
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Ib".

Idoni
Usage: Italian
Means "fit, suitable" from the Latin word idoneus.

Ignácz
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from the given name Ignác.

Ignatiev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Ignati", Ignati being an archaic Bulgarian form of Ignatius.

Ignatov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Ignat", Ignat being the Bulgarian form of Ignatius.

Ihejirika
Usage: African
Means "the one that I have is greater" in Igbo.

Ikin
Usage: English
Derived from a diminutive of the medieval given name Ida.

Ilic
Usage: Serbian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Ilija".

Iliescu
Usage: Romanian
Means "son of Ilie".

Iliev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Iliya".

Illés
Usage: Hungarian
Extra: Statistics
A patronymic surname derived from the first name Illés.

Ingersleben
Usage: German
Means "Ingersleben, Germany", which meant "Inge's village".

Ingersson
Usage: Swedish
Variant of Ingesson.

Ingesson
Usage: Swedish
Means "son of Inge".

Ingham
Usage: English
Extra: Statistics
From an English place name meaning "Inga's homestead".

Ingolfsson
Usage: Icelandic
Means"son of Ingolfr", Ingolfr is the origin of the name Ingolf.

Ingram
Usage: English
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the Germanic name Engelram. Engelram meant "Angle raven" from Engel, the name of a Germanic tribe known in English as the Angles, combined with hramn "raven".

Iñíguez
Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Inigo" in Spanish.

Innocenti
Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics
From a nickname meaning "innocent" in Italian.

Inoue
Usage: Japanese
Extra: Statistics
Means "above the well" from Japanese i "well", no "of", ue "top".

Ioannidis
Usage: Greek
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Ioannis" in Greek.

Ionesco
Usage: Romanian
Variant of Ionescu. French-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco is a famous bearer of this surname.

Ionescu
Usage: Romanian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Ion" in Romanian.

Iordanou
Usage: Greek
Means "son of Jordan" in Greek.

Irving
Usage: English, Scottish
Extra: Statistics
Originally derived from a Scottish place name (near Dumfries, Scotland) meaning "green water".

Isaacson
Usage: English
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Isaac".

Isaev
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Isay".

Ito
Usage: Japanese
Extra: Statistics
From i meaning "this" and to meaning "wisteria", the latter syllable indicating a connection to the Fujiwara ("wisteria field") clan.

Iturburua
Usage: Basque
It means "by the fountain" in Basque.

Ivankov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of little Ivan".

Ivanov
Usage: Russian, Bulgarian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Ivan" in Russian and Bulgarian.

Ivanovic
Usage: Croatian
Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian.

Ivers
Usage: English, Irish
Extra: Statistics
From the first name Iver, a variant of Ivor. It means "archer". The Gaelic spelling of this name is Iomhair.

Ivov
Usage: Bulgarian
Means "son of Ivo".

Iyer
Usage: Indian
Extra: Statistics
Refers to a person belonging to the Iyer subcaste of the larger Brahmin caste. The Iyer subcaste is traditionally devoted to the God Vishnu.

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