The inskeep Surname
inskeep Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Inskip in Lancashire, of uncertain
etymology. The first element of this place name has been tentatively
connected with Welsh ynys ‘island’ (compare Ince); the
second with Old English c¯pe ‘keep’ (noun) in the sense
‘osier basket for keeping or trapping fish’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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