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This unusual and interesting surname is of medieval English origin, and derives from either of two Anglo-Scandinavian male given names: Ingald or Ingulf. The former derives ultimately from the Old Norse "Ingialdr", having as its initial element the divine name "Ing", borne by a minor Norse god associated with fertility, and meaning "swelling, protuberance", with "gialdr", tribute; hence, "Ing's tribute". The latter comes from the Old Norse "Ingolfr" or the Old Danish "Ingulf", and translates as "Ing's wolf", from "Ing" (as above) and "ulfr", wolf. Both Anglo-Scandinavian names appear (without surname) in the Domesday Book of 1086, and Edmund Ingold noted in the 1273 Hundred Rolls of Suffolk is the earliest recorded bearer of the surname.