Enguerrand (or Engrand, Ingrand) is a medieval French name, derived from a Germanic name Engilram (Engelram, Ingelram), from Angil, the tribal name of the Angles, and hramn "raven".[citation needed]
The Old Frankish name is recorded in various forms during the 8th to 11th centuries, the oldest attestation being Angalramnus, the name of a bishop of Metz of the 8th century; other forms include Angilrammus, Angelramnus, Ingalramnus, Ingilramnus, Ingelranmus, Engilramnus, Engilhram, Engilram, Engelram and Hengelrannus.[1] The Old French form Enguerran(d) is recorded as borne by a number of high medieval noblemen of Picardy. The name was taken to England with the Norman Conquest, and was adopted there as Ingram by the late medieval period.[citation needed]
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:
Given name
edit- Angalram (Ingelram) (died 791), bishop of Metz
- 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 (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 (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
Surname
edit- 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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