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Iams English (American)
Possibly the result of a misdivision of the given name William.

Iannaielli English

Ibbotson English
Diminutive form ("son of" or little) of Hibbs, itself a patronymic, from a diminutive of Hibbert, which derives from a Norman personal name, "Hil(de)bert", composed of the Germanic elements "hild", battle, and "berht" famous.

Ibert English

Ice English
Americanized form of Eis.

Ickes German, English
In German the meaning is unknown.... [more]

Iddenden English (Rare)
Iden as a village name is to be found in both the counties of Kent and Sussex, and describes a pasture, or strictly speaking an area within a marsh suitable for pasture. The origination is the pre 6th century phrase ig-denn with ig meaning an island... [more]

Iddon English
From the Old Norse female personal name Idunn, literally probably "perform love" (cf. Idony).

Ideis English (American)
Variant of Idris.

Iden English
Habitational name from a place called Iden Green in Benenden, Kent, or Iden Manor in Staplehurst, Kent, or from Iden in East Sussex. All these places are named in Old English as meaning "pasture by the yew trees", from ig meaning "yew" + denn meaning "pasture".

Ignatius English
From the given name Ignatius

Iiams English (American)
Variant of Iams.

Iles English (British), French
English (mainly Somerset and Gloucestershire): topographic name from Anglo-Norman French isle ‘island’ (Latin insula) or a habitational name from a place in England or northern France named with this element.

Ilese English

Illingworth English
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous village in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Ilys English

Immari English

Immer German, English
German: habitational name for someone from a place named Immer near Oldenburg in Lower Saxony. ... [more]

Immers English
This unusual surname has two origins. ... [more]

Imore English
This unusual surname has two origins. ... [more]

Impey English
From Impey, the name of various places in England, derived from Old English *imphaga, *imphæg "sapling enclosure". Alternatively it could have indicated a person who lived near an enclosure of young trees.

Inan English, Irish
Possibly a variant of Dunn.

Inchbald English
From the medieval male personal name Ingebald, brought into England by the Normans but ultimately of Germanic origin and meaning literally "brave Ingel" (Ingel was a different form of Engel - a shortened form of various Germanic compound personal names (e.g. Engelbert and Engelhard) that begin with Engel-; the two main sources of that were Angel "Angle" (the name of the Germanic people) and Ingal, an extended form of Ing (the name of a Germanic god)).

Inchbold English

Incredible English (Canadian)

Ind English (?)
Meaning deweller at the end of a villiage (Gypsy)

Ing English
From the name of a former district in Essex, possibly derived from Old English ing "meadow, water meadow", or from ge "district, region" combined with the suffix -ing. Alternatively, it could derive from the given name Inge.

Ingalls English, Scandinavian (Anglicized)
Patronymic from the Anglo-Scandinavian personal name Ingell, Old Norse Ingjaldr.... [more]

Ingersoll English
Habitational name derived from Inkersall in Derbyshire, probably composed of a given name such as Ingvarr or the byname Hynkere (meaning "limper") combined with Old English hyll "hill" or Old Norse salr "hall, room"... [more]

Ingle English
Derived from the Old Norse given names Ingialdr or Ingólfr.

Ingleby English
From the names of either of two hamlets in England, derived from Old Norse Englar "Englishman" and býr "farmstead, village".

Ingledew English (Rare)

Ingleright English

Ingleston English (British)
Ingleston is an exceptionally rare surname and seems to be posessed by a single family who much grew larger in the 19th century. ... [more]

Inglis English (British), Scottish
Originates from the Scots word for English as in a person of English origin. Around 1395 after a dual, the family name became connected to the Scottish clan Douglas as a sept, or a follower, of the clan... [more]

Ingold English
Derived from the given names Ingell (see Ingle), Ingjaldr or Ingwald.

Ingoldsby English
Habitational name from Ingoldsby in Lincolnshire, named from the Old Norse personal name Ingjaldr + bý meaning "farmstead", "settlement".

Ingraham English, Scottish
Variant spelling of Ingram, influenced by Graham.

Ings English
This surname of Norse origin referring to water meadows and marshes, including those that were part of the Humber flood plain.

Inkpen English

Inks English
Patronymic variant of Ing.

Inlow English

Inman English (British)
Anglo-Saxon in Origin. Occupational surname given to a person who "tended a lodge or an inn". Surname first found in Lancashire, England.

Ioane English (New Zealand), English (Australian), American, Samoan, Polynesian, Romanian
May come from the given name John or variants of this name, such as Ion 1.

Irby English
The name of several places in England, derived from Old Norse Iri býr meaning "Irish settlement".

Iredale English

Iredell English (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Iredale.

Ireland English, Scottish
Originally indicated a person who was from Ireland.

Irelands English

Ireton English
Habitational name from either of two places in Derbyshire called Ireton, or one in North Yorkshire called Irton. All of these are named from the genitive case of Old Norse Íri ‘Irishmen’ (see Ireland) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.... [more]

Iribe English
1 Southern English: unexplained.... [more]

Irish English, Irish
Originally denoting a person who was of Irish heritage, ultimately derived from Old Irish Ériu.

Iron English

Ironmonger English
From Middle English ire(n)mongere, er(n)mongere meaning "ironmonger; dealer in household goods".

Irons English
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Airaines in Somme, so named from Latin harenas (accusative case) ‘sands’. The form of the name has been altered as a result of folk etymology, an association of the name with the metal... [more]

Ironside English, Scottish
From a nickname for a brave warrior, derived from Old English isern "iron" and side "side, flank". A famous bearer of the name as an epithet was the English king Edmund Ironside (990-1016), given due to his valor, while a famous bearer of the name was English Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside (1880-1959).

Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French
Derived from the given name Isaac.

Isaac Jewish, English, Welsh, French, Catalan, Spanish, Indian (Christian)
From the given name Isaac.

Isabel Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, French, English
From the given name Isabel.

Isabelle French, English
From the given name Isabelle.

Isaiah English
From the given name Isaiah

Isham English
The name of a village in Northamptonshire, England from the Celtic name of a local river Ise and the Anglo-Saxon term for a small settlement or homestead -ham.

Isherwood English

Ishmael English
From the given name Ishmael

Isley English
Of Old English origin, derived from a place named Hesli, meaning "a hazel wood or grove".

Ismay English
Matronymic surname from the medieval given name Ismay.

Isom English
Variant of Isham.

Issac English
From the given name Issac.

Ittle English

Ivans English
Meaning "son of Ivan

Iverson English (Rare)
Means "son of Iver".

Ives English
Means "son of Ive", a medieval male personal name, brought into England by the Normans but ultimately of Germanic origin, a shortened form of any of a range of compound names beginning with īv "yew" (cf... [more]

Ivey English
Could be a patronymic from the given name Ive, or a habitational name from Ivoy in Cher, northern France.

Ivory English
Habitational name from Ivry-la-Bataille in Eure, northern France.

Ivsen English (Rare, ?)
Possibly a variant of Ibsen or Iversen.

Ivy English
Variant of Ivey. In some cases, might instead be derived from the name of the plant.

Ix English, German
English and German: variant of Hicks.... [more]

Izett English

Izzard English
Derived from the feminine given name Iseut.

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