The Ingles Family Name

It is easy to miss Ingles in an index if you only search for Inglis. The name is generally explained as “The Englishman”.

• Ingles writes “e” in place of the “i” found in Inglis, a typical scribal difference.
• Between 1891 and 2000, 219 babies born in France were registered as Ingles, with the most births in 1961–1970. Spain's INE counts 1,906 residents with Ingles as first surname and 1,885 with it as second.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Ingles family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. For the full story, order the Ingles surname pack.