Enguerrand (or Engrand, Ingrand) is a medieval French name, derived from a

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''Engilram'' (''Engelram'', ''Ingelram''), from ''Angil'', the tribal name of the

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, and ''hramn'' "raven". The Old Frankish name is recorded in various forms during the 8th to 11th centuries, the oldest attestation being ''Angalramnus'', the name of a

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of the 8th century; other forms include ''Angilrammus'', ''Angelramnus'', ''Ingalramnus'', ''Ingilramnus'', ''Ingelranmus'', Engilramnus, ''Engilhram'', ''Engilram'', ''Engelram'' and ''Hengelrannus''.E. Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856)
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form ''Enguerran(d)'' is recorded as borne by a number of high medieval noblemen of

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. The name was taken to England with the

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, and was adopted there as Ingram by the late medieval period. The name was also conflated with a number of distinct, similar-sounding Germanic names, such as ''Ingerman'', which has as its first element the name Ingvar. Notable people with these names include:

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*Angalram (Ingelram) (died 791),

* Ingerman of Hesbaye (fl. 8th century), also recorded as ''Enguerrand'', a Duke of Hesbaye *Ingelram count of Harelbeke (Enguerrand of Flandres), d. c. 853 * Engelram, Chamberlain of France (died 877), Chamberlain to Charles the Bald * Enguerrand I of Ponthieu (died 1045), a Count of Ponthieu * Enguerrand, count of Saint-Pol (fl. 1040s) *

Enguerrand II of Ponthieu Enguerrand II (d. 25 October 1053) was the son of Hugh II count of Ponthieu. He assumed the county upon the death of his father on November 20, 1052. Life Enguerrand II was the eldest son and heir of Hugh II, Count of Ponthieu and his wife Bert ...

(died 1053), another Count of Ponthieu * Enguerrand I, Lord of Coucy (died 1116), scandalous Lord of Coucy * Enguerrand (bishop of Glasgow) (died 1174) *

Enguerrand III, Lord of Coucy Enguerrand III de Boves, Lord of Coucy (c. 1182 – 1242) was a medieval French nobleman. The eldest son and successor of Ralph I, Lord of Coucy (c. 1134 – 1191) and Alix de Dreux,M. A. Pollock, ''Scotland, England and France After the Loss o ...

(died 1242) * Enguerrand de Marigny (died 1315), Chamberlain of Philip IV the Fair, King of the French * Enguerrand VI, Lord of Coucy (died 1347), another Lord of Coucy * Enguerrand VII, Lord of Coucy (died 1397), another Lord of Coucy and Earl of Bedford * Enguerrand de Monstrelet (died 1453), a French chronicler * Enguerrand Quarton (c.1410 – c.1466), French painter and manuscript illuminator

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* Christine Engrand (born 1955), French politician * Georges Enguerrand, French cyclist at the 1920 Summer Olympics * Max Ingrand (1908–1969), French artist working in stained glass

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