Last Name INGLISS

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Meaning Local: The English, i.e. the English-man, a name originating in the Lowlands. A State document relating to a serious raid across the border in 1541, speaks of the attacking party as gathering 'to the number of fifty-two Inglishmen.'
Origin English



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